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Well Said! Explaining Antarctica’s Icy Contradiction
One of the reasons that climate science is so difficult to effectively communicate is because it’s so data rich, and real data is messy. Like, super messy. I once did an experiment that involved running goats on treadmills. The goats had strain gauges attached to their legs so that I…
Fossil Friday!
This week’s Fossil Friday may be a little too easy, as it is one of the most common fossils found at the Rancho La Brea tar pits. I’m expecting that the commenters will take a bite out of these teeth with ferocity. What species did they come from…
Inside Out and Round About, Part 1
Even as I was writing three recent blog posts about flat-earthery—“Voliva!” discussing Wilbur Glenn Voliva, a flat-earther who hoped to be called to testify in the Scopes trial; “The Rim at the End of the World,” reviewing the flat-earth explanation of why the oceans don’t cascade off the planet…
Well Said! Defusing the Fear of Airborne Ebola
I could write a “Say What?” blog post about Glenn Beck’s recent rant about the imminent danger of newly airborne Ebola being brought to America by Nigerian prison guards. But writing “Say What?” columns about the ways Glenn Beck gets science wrong just doesn’t seem worthwhile—it would be like…
Top 5 Creationist Claims About Grand Canyon: #2 The Coconino Sandstone Formed During Noah’s Flood, Part 2
“In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” ―Rachel Carson, “Our Ever-Changing Shore” In part 1, I explained that the Coconino Sandstone poses a serious scientific challenge to young-earth creationist Flood geology. If you think…
Climate Smart & Energy Wise
NCSE is pleased to announce the publication of Climate Smart & Energy Wise (Corwin Press, 2014), written by NCSE's Mark McCaffrey. In their foreword, Eugenie C. Scott and Jay Labov write, "Climate Smart & Energy Wise provides a roadmap to teachers to assist them in…
Climate Smart & Energy Wise (Part 8)
    Recently I've been contemplating the heroism involved in teaching, learning, and applying climate change science. By heroic I don't mean in the traditional Hollywood hero-coming-to-the-rescue-in-the-final-reel sense of the word. Rather, in the more ordinary, everyday sense…
Misconception Monday: Prove It!
There are so many things that I love about being a scientist and writing about science. It’s creative, challenging, and incredibly interesting. I mean, where else but in science can it be your job to think about why human males have nipples, or what the heck this weird protrusion on…
Answer Monday!
Last week, I unveiled a fossil jaw from the Eocene, that sure looked like a tapir, but was most definitely not!  It actually came from the genus, Hyrachyus. From the Encyclopedia of Life: “Hyrachyus eximius is an extinct member of order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates…

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