Glenn Branch
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Deputy Director, NCSE. Views expressed on BlueSky are my own and not necessarily NCSE's.
In which I document the dwindling of the Creation Research Society. With graphs!
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The foundering of creation science's flagship? | National Center for Science Education
https://ncse.ngo/foundering-creation-sciences-flagship
about 13 hours ago
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Climate.us
about 16 hours ago
We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to
@npr.org
for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! đïžđ§ȘđȘ
#ClimateAction
#ClimateForUs
#ProtectScience
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ICYMI: "Climate Change: New Data, New Debate," featuring Michael E. Mann (
@michaelemann.bsky.social
) and Genevieve Guenther (
@doctorvive.bsky.social
) for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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Climate Change: New Data, New Debate
YouTube video by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckVZrqJ1bUc
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Did I mention my idea for a reality show? "America's Next Top Model Organism." To be hosted by the glamorous Arabidopsis Thaliana (originally Mouse-Ear Cress, but that was too plain a moniker for show biz).
3 days ago
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Climate.us
3 days ago
Trusted climate information should be easy to find, easy to use, and hard to erase.
Climate.us
is a new independent nonprofit resource built to keep trusted climate information accessible, accurate, and useful.
#ClimateForUs
#ClimateUS
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Climate.us
4 days ago
Check out New York Times coverage of our full website launch!
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/c...
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ICYMI: Alice Roberts discusses "The Evolutionary Accidents That Made Us Human" for New Scientist.
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The Real Story of Humans Is Stranger Than We Thought
YouTube video by New Scientist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdzytD39vFI
4 days ago
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Climate.us
4 days ago
Climate.us
is live. Built by members of the team behind
Climate.gov
, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase.
#ClimateForUs
#ClimateUS
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Provoked by the recent death of a fossil fuel executive, psychologist Joe Ărvai reflects on ways of combating climate change denial.
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Longtime Exxon CEO Lee Raymondâs legacy of climate denial and misinformation lives on â a psychologist offers ways to counter it
At the heart of combating misinformation is critical thinking and recognizing when youâre being spun for corporate profit.
https://theconversation.com/longtime-exxon-ceo-lee-raymonds-legacy-of-climate-denial-and-misinformation-lives-on-a-psychologist-offers-ways-to-counter-it-285667
5 days ago
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My review of C. W. Howell's Designer Science: A History of Intelligent Design in America is in the latest issue of Skeptical Inquirer. Paywalled, but drop me a line if you want a PDF.
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Designer Science
The history of the intelligent design movement and its legacyAnti-science rhetoric in contemporary American politics has become a preoccupying concern for sc...
https://nyupress.org/9781479827671/designer-science/
8 days ago
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In which I devote a three-part blog post to tracking the famous paleontologist Dr. Traas, a favorite authority of early antievolutionist writers.
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Tracking Dr. Traas, Part 1 | National Center for Science Education
Reminded, in a recent discussion with Jason Rosenhouse, of William A.
https://ncse.ngo/tracking-dr-traas-part-1
9 days ago
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"If you treat the misinformers' frame as a legitimate, good-faith scientific critique, you are helping them produce doubt. Don't do it. Don't be a Merchant of Doubt," writes Andrew Dessler (
@andrewdessler.com
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The Merchants of Doubt are coming for Extreme Event Attribution science
Doubt is still their product
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-merchants-of-doubt-are-coming
10 days ago
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ICYMI: Michael E. Mann (
@michaelemann.bsky.social
) discusses "The War on Science: Climate, Misinformation & How to Fight Back" on the Cut to the Chase podcast.
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The War on Science: Climate, Misinformation & How to Fight Back | Dr. Michael Mann
YouTube video by Cut to the Chase: Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGVHO6s1rE
11 days ago
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Joseph Heath informatively compares Yuval Hurari and Joseph Henrich on human evolution.
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Harari vs. Henrich
What science actually says about human evolution
https://josephheath.substack.com/p/harari-vs-henrich
12 days ago
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ICYMI: Naomi Oreskes discusses "How to Break Through Big Oilâs Climate Disinformation" with Dana R. Fisher for the Apocalyptic Optimist podcast.
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How to Break Through Big Oilâs Climate Disinformation | Apocalyptic Optimist
YouTube video by Pique Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3eao8mzhXY
15 days ago
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Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt
15 days ago
Vanderbilt's Owen Jones just released Force of Nature â arguing that natural selection's logic is already being used to design antennas, treat cancer, and create adhesives. Evolution is not just history. It is a tool. đ§Ź
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Mohamed Noor (
@mafnoor.bsky.social
), a recipient of NCSE's Friend of Darwin award, is profiled in The Scientist.
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Mohamed Noor on Flies, Evolution, and Star Trek | The Scientist
As an evolutionary geneticist, Noor has made several key discoveries using Drosophila, but his science communication work, via books and sci-fi cruises, is just as interesting.
https://www.the-scientist.com/then-and-now-mohamed-noor-on-flies-evolution-and-star-trek-74537
16 days ago
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ICYMI: David Lipsky discusses his book The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial with Illinois Public Media.
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How did the denial of climate change become popular in America?
YouTube video by Illinois Public Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-cqV67m5RA
17 days ago
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In which I attempt to ascertain who supposedly described the divine creation of life as a pure humbug.
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âA Pure Humbugâ | National Center for Science Education
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, with T. T. Martinâs unforgettably titled Hell and the High Schools (1923).
https://ncse.ngo/pure-humbug
18 days ago
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National Center for Science Education
18 days ago
Reminder for NCSE members! Join us TODAY, Tuesday 6/9 at 3:00 ET for a live webinar with Rebecca Lindsey -- climate science communicator, former
Climate.gov
program manager, and co-founder of
Climate.us
. To sign up for a membership:
ncse.ngo/member-social
#climateaction
#climatesky
#edusky
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Elizabeth Kolbert interviews Sheldon Whitehouse about his advocacy on climate change.
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The U.S. Senator Who Wonât Shut Up about Climate Change
At a time when other public officials and the media are talking less about climate change, Sheldon Whitehouse remains fiercely outspoken. He delivered his 307th climate speech on the Senate floor this...
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sheldon-whitehouse-interview
19 days ago
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Hey, Madisonians! I'm speaking at the Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society in Madison, Wisconsin, at 11:00 a.m. on June 7.
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Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society â Open Hearts â Open Minds
https://uuprairie.org/
22 days ago
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ICYMI: climate journalists Andy Revkin (
@revkin.bsky.social
sky.social
) and Chris Mooney (
@chriscmooney.bsky.social
) in conversation.
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Meet Chris Mooney, a Climate Journalist Now Exploring the Turbulent News Climate
YouTube video by Andrew Revkin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5-aR8it4aM
23 days ago
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ICYMI: Eugenie C. Scott (
@eugeniescott.bsky.social
) explains "Why the Scopes Trial is Still Relevant" to San Francisco Regional Mensa.
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Eugenie C. Scott - The Scopes Trial
YouTube video by San Francisco Regional Mensa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db87ZlwdCtU
24 days ago
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Dana Nuccitelli (
@dananuccitelli.bsky.social
) discusses the recent study suggesting that "what used to be considered the worst-case climate change scenario now appears to be outside the realm of plausibility" and its implications.
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Solar, wind, and EVs have knocked out a doomsday climate scenario » Yale Climate Connections
Explosive growth in clean technologies has pushed an old coal-heavy scenario out of the realm of plausibility, according to a recent study. But thereâs more work to be done.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/solar-wind-and-evs-have-knocked-out-a-doomsday-climate-scenario/
25 days ago
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Glenn Branch
National Center for Science Education
25 days ago
The latest issue of RNCSE is now available online. Features include a report on the federal government's shuttering of its climate education resources and the fight for climate data, My COAST Galveston, and Climate of HOPE -
ncse.ngo/issue/646
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Issue | National Center for Science Education
https://ncse.ngo/issue/646
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A really interesting profile of evolution education researcher Liz Barnes (
@lizbarnes.bsky.social
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Serving It Up: MTSUâs Liz Barnes traveled unlikely path from Dennyâs waitress to a national role in demystifying science â MTSU News
https://mtsunews.com/2026/05/28/serving-it-up/
26 days ago
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In which I examine current state Republican party platforms to see what they say about evolution education (and climate change education as well).
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Evolution in state Republican party platforms, 2026 edition | National Center for Science Education
https://ncse.ngo/evolution-state-republican-party-platforms-2026-edition
29 days ago
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29 days ago
Today, Ken Ham is bragging about the 19th anniversary of the Creation Museum. Thus, Iâm posting my review of the visit I made during the first week in 2007. Note that some of the links in my review may have expired. Their admission fees have more than doubled.
ncse.ngo/anti-museum
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The Anti-Museum | National Center for Science Education
An overview and review of the Answers in Genesis Creation "Museum" by Daniel Phelps President, Kentucky Paleontological Society
https://ncse.ngo/anti-museum
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Eugenie Scott
29 days ago
SkeptiCal June 27 in Oakland. Get info at
www.skepticalcon.com
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Sad news of the death of Rafe Pomerance, who helped to alert the public to the threat of climate change starting in the late 1970s.
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Rafe Pomerance, who helped sound the alarm on climate change, dies at 79
He pushed for the first congressional hearings on climate change and helped negotiate a landmark U.N. treaty, the Kyoto Protocol.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/05/21/rafe-pomerance-who-helped-sound-alarm-climate-change-dies-79/
30 days ago
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ICYMI: Neil Shubin speaking on "Your Inner Fish Revisited: New Insights into Our Fishy Past."
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our Inner Fish Revisited: New Insights into our Fishy Past
YouTube video by Harvard OEB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfaf-TCcqsg
about 1 month ago
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Glenn Branch
Jordan Gass-Pooré
about 1 month ago
Thanks,
@houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social
, for resharing this article I wrote.
add a skeleton here at some point
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ICYMI: Ben Santer on "Speaking Science to Power: Lessons Learned from Being a Climate Scientist in an Age of Unreason."
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Benjamin Santer / Speaking Science to Power
YouTube video by College of the Holy Cross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKIA1EslBes
about 1 month ago
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In which I diligently pursue a claim about "not less than eighty geological theories which were hostile to the Scriptures" from Georges Cuvier to Ken Ham.
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Eighty-Plus Theories, Part 1 | National Center for Science Education
https://ncse.ngo/eighty-plus-theories-part-1
about 1 month ago
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Glenn Branch
Jordan Gass-Pooré
about 1 month ago
Thanks,
@texasstandard.bsky.social
& host Angela Kocherga for the great conversation about my latest with
@hechingerreport.org
. Listen:
texasstandard.org/stories/in-t...
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Shocker: Trump is totally wrong about the IPCC and RCP8.5.
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Factcheck: Trumpâs false claims about the IPCC and âRCP8.5â climate scenario - Carbon Brief
In this factcheck, Carbon Brief looks at Trumpâs comments, the debate around RCP8.5 and the âgoodâ and âbadâ news within the latest scenarios.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-trumps-false-claims-about-the-ipcc-and-rcp8-5-climate-scenario/
about 1 month ago
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ICYMI: "A New Window Into the Dino Extinction Event," from the AMNH (
@amnh.org
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A New Window Into the Dino Extinction Event
YouTube video by American Museum of Natural History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sc-n_hn8pE
about 1 month ago
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I was pleased to help Jordan Gass-Pooré (
@jgasspoore.hazardpodcast.com
) a little with her fascinating story on the fossil fuel industry's incursions into Texas's high schools.
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In Texas, high schools bet on a bright future for oil and gas careers under Trump
The fossil fuel industry pumps millions into preparing high schoolers for jobs as lease operators, technicians and more. The presidentâs call to âdrill, baby, drillâ has reinvigorated that work
https://hechingerreport.org/texas-high-schools-future-for-oil-and-gas-careers-under-trump/
about 1 month ago
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I reviewed Vincent M. Cassone's Do Straw Men Evolve from Red Herrings? for the April/May 2026 issue of The American Biology Teacher. (Drop me a note if you want a PDF of the review.)
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Do Straw Men Evolve from Red Herrings
This book offers a compelling exploration of human evolution and biodiversity, equipping readers with insights to challenge creationist views effectively.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-99860-7
about 1 month ago
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Eugenie Scott
about 1 month ago
Giving a Scopes talk for SF Mensa Sunday, 2:30 Pacific 5/17. I just found out itâs open to the public. If anyone is interested, you can register (free). Info on the talk and a link to register is here
online-presentations.tech
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http://online-presentations.tech/
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In which Eugenie C. Scott (
@eugeniescott.bsky.social
) explains how she participated in a hoax exposing a fraudulent faith healer.
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RfRx - Exposing a Faith Healer, featuring Eugenie Scott
YouTube video by Recovering from Religion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z8rkuWYX7I
about 1 month ago
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"Representative Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) recently introduced federal legislation called the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act, which would grant sweeping legal immunity to the fossil fuel industry over its role in driving what scientists warn has become a climate emergency."
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Republicans in Congress Push âClimate Shakedownâ Bill That Permanently Shields Big Oil From Accountability
Climate advocates say the new bill would give the fossil fuel industry a "get out of jail free card"
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/climate-shakedown-GOP-bill-permanently-shields-big-oil-accountability
about 1 month ago
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A provocative essay on "What I Learned from Teaching Darwin" from C. Brandon Ogbunu (
@cbo.bsky.social
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What I Learned from Teaching Darwin
Opinion | Charles Darwinâs books offer lessons for how to grapple with the current state of science and its complicated future.
https://undark.org/2026/04/23/opinion-teaching-darwin/
about 2 months ago
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Dana Nuccitelli (
@dananuccitelli.bsky.social
) revisits "An Inconvenient Truth."
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A look back at âAn Inconvenient Truth,â 20 years later » Yale Climate Connections
Al Goreâs famous documentary has mostly stood the test of time.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/a-look-back-at-an-inconvenient-truth-20-years-later/
about 2 months ago
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In which I spot a fake Darwin quotation at the Field Museum. (To be fair, it was removed shortly thereafter.)
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Megginson in the Field | National Center for Science Education
https://ncse.ngo/megginson-field
about 2 months ago
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"Is climate denialism on the rise?" Katharine Hayhoe (
@katharinehayhoe.com
) on the World Economic Forum's podcast Radio Davos.
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Is climate denialism on the rise? Prof Katharine Hayhoe on science, faith and algorithms
Scientific evidence that climate change is happening and is largely caused by human activities, especially fossil fuel burning, is clear. So why does it sometimes seem like there is a rising tide of d...
https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/climate-katharine-hayhoe/
about 2 months ago
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"Remarkably preserved relics from southern China -- more than half representing species new to science -- are transforming our understanding of organisms that survived the first mass extinction of the Phanerozoic Eon."
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A Treasure Trove of Cambrian Fossils Rewrites the Story of Early Life | Quanta Magazine
Remarkably preserved fossils found in southern China offer a fascinating window into what life looked like at the end of the Cambrian explosion, with half of the species uncovered being new to science...
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-treasure-trove-of-cambrian-fossils-rewrites-the-story-of-early-life-20260501/
about 2 months ago
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"The goal of the symposium, according to the document, is to sway judges toward a libertarian economic viewpoint in their rulings" -- including those involving climate science.
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Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges âHealthy Skepticismâ of Climate Science
As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-m...
https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-science-oil-gas-fossil-fuel-judges-jim-jordan
about 2 months ago
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In which I contemplate H. H. Newman's claim, in 1921, that "there is no absolute proof of organic evolution."
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Honesty Compels | National Center for Science Education
https://ncse.ngo/honesty-compels
about 2 months ago
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