Images on evolution outreach 17 Jan 200818 Sep 2017 Colin Purrington has a nice set of publicly available images for use in pro-science talks. Go check ’em out. Evolution Politics
Academe Is reality liberal biased? Are liberals reality biased? 15 Jun 201118 Sep 2017 Josh Rosenau has a piece up on Chris Mooney’s latest article on the Republican war on science in the US. Conservative bodies around the western world seem to resist science when it conflicts with policy (usually driven by PR from large corporations), so the point is more than simply American… Read More
Evolution Evolution in films 11 Nov 2010 OK, I’m giving a lecture on evolution in films. So far I have these: THEM! Godzilla, King of the Monsters King Kong The Time Machine X-Men Fantasia 2001 a space odyssey Mission To Mars Evolution Avatar Ice Age 3 – Dawn of the Dinosaurs Jurassic Park Destroy All Monsters Lost… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity How is a species like a soup can? 22 Oct 200818 Sep 2017 That is not a riddle, or rather it’s not meant to be, but it’s a question worth asking about the barcoding project. Wired has a nicely written piece about the rationale and program of giving species DNA barcodes and using the gene chosen as the barcode to identify the number… Read More
Many of them are excellent and many are hilarious. However, I question whether some of them would be all that effective for any type of outreach program for those who don’t currently believe in or understand evolution. Some of them perpetuate the idea that science and religion are completely opposed and one has to choose sides. In a country where 90% of people say they believe in God, that’s probably not the best outreach method to take.