Peg Rawcliffe looks out at her 6th-grade science class. “Who can tell me Newton’s second law of motion?” she asks. Instantly, hands go up. Students’ answers come faster than she can write. “That’s right, very good,” she says. “It’s easier to change the speed and direction of a lighter object than a heavier one. Very […]
creationism
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The XX Files 11.30.05
Although there has been tension between science and religion since well before Darwin, passions are running higher than ever. The lines are drawn: you’re either with God or you’re against him. That is, you support teaching intelligent design or you “believe in” evolution, as if it’s some half-cocked theory like, well, ID. You’re either a […]
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Is ignorance bliss?
Fifty-nine percent of Americans believe that astrology is “mostly true” or “somewhat true” — up from 40 percent in 1978.
