So, usually I get annoyed when people start saying that people and dinosaurs lived at the same time, because it is usually people who actually believe this. However, I liked Journey to the Center of the Earth, and I LOVE this new discovery mentioned on io9A dinosaur and people theme park has been built in Virginia with the following premise ( Read more... )

Here's a blog about stonehenge in the NY Times. It gives a little more information, including pointing out that the area was used for burials BEFORE any stones ever got carted in. Which goes back to that changing-use-over-time point. But the wack-a-dos over there want to sell the supposed healing-water from the bluestone region to raise money for ( Read more... )

Experts 'solve' mystery of Stonehenge
I'm sorry, I don't believe this is how science works. These guys haven't 'solved' anything. These archaeologists have developed an interesting hypothesis about the reason for the initial creation stonehenge. They have suggested that the stones that the original henge were created of were believed to have ( Read more... )

PZ posted a link to an old post by Afarensis about Sarah Palin's views on creationism.

Worth reading.

So my mom just told me that when she was a young nurse, they used to remove all the plants/flowers from a patient's bedroom at night, because they would reduce the amount of oxygen in the room. They'd just put them all out in the hallway. How crazy is that?

Poll How Crazy Is That?

Two points of confusion about the History Channel:

1) Why are they doing shows about dinosaurs and about the evolution of eyes and other interesting creature features? I'm glad these shows are out there, I'm just confused about the choice of channel. If the primary focus isn't on humans, I don't think it belongs on the History Channel. Aside from ( Read more... )

Over on Pharyngula, PZ Myers posted a complaint about the problem of dumbing down museum exhibits today. I've worked on some exhibits myself, and while I've been encouraged to write at a 4th-6th grade level, I've never been encouraged to dumb down the content of the exhibits. I think we have a bit of a challenge in museums today because we have ( Read more... )

You might enjoy today's post on Good Math, Bad Math, about crackpot theories about the 'truth' in math. This one looks like a nice math meets ID via irreducible complexity in numbers sort of thingie.

Via erv, I became aware of a new publication by the Answers in Genesis folks called Answers Research Journal. It is a peer reviewed journal in Creation Science.

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Wow. I just found some websites that could keep you occupied and screaming in frustration at the computer for days. Conservapedia is good, but has anyone else seen the CreationWiki? I wouldn't mind if they stuck to a biblical view of creation, but they claim to be an encyclopedia of creation science, so there's all sorts of information about ( Read more... )