The promotional material asks two questions: Who is right, and why does it matter? William Reeves, an Oklahoma City dentist and Crossings member who helped organize the event, said the conference is offered to “educate individuals, primarily Christians, but people of other faiths as well.” “I hope it will help attendees understand that science, including […]
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In the name of science
The implication is free inquiry, but teaching the controversy is really a poorly defined slogan, which usually implies imagined division among evolutionists that suggests creationism and/or intelligent design are competitive alternatives. The real controversy is the reliability of science and of the interpreters of the Bible as guides to the understanding of nature. I wonder […]
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Monty Harper — Songs From the Science Frontier
In “Songs From the Science Frontier,” Stillwater’s Harper takes cutting-edge science research and explains it to kids in song format: phototactic bacteria, wheat genomics and luminescence dating, among other things. It’s a testament to his lyrical ability that it’s not only explained well, but rhymes. Talk about challenging yourself. With a project like that, the […]
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Creationist legislation dishonest to the core
These bills demonstrate the authors’ ignorance of science and established law. More importantly, they will damage our children. These bills are dishonest at their core. They purport to eliminate religious discrimination in public schools and grant academic freedom, allowing teachers to present the so-called “full range” of scientific views, including “valid criticisms” of scientific theories, […]
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Monkey see
Oklahoma Children’s Theatre and TheatreOCU join forces to stage “Inherit the Wind,” an American classic dealing with the battle between religion and science over evolution. The play was inspired by the events of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in science teacher John T. Scopes was convicted of breaking Tennessee law for teaching Darwin’s theory of […]
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You, robot
Prepare for a robot invasion! It may not be on the same scale as “Transformers” (or even “Transmorphers”), but Science Museum Oklahoma hosts the annual FIRST Robotics scrimmage on Saturday, Feb. 19. Teams comprised of students all over Oklahoma will compete in highly technical robotics matches in preparation for the FIRST Robotics regional match, which […]
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Evolution alternatives
Both bills rely on the language of “academic freedom,” but science professionals are concerned that science education is not the actual goal of the legislation. According to the Gallup poll, 54 percent of Americans support the idea that human beings evolved over time from lower life forms. Sixteen percent of that total believe God had […]
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Optic nerves
Mind Games6 p.m. Thursday Science Museum Oklahoma 2100 N.E. 52nd www.sciencemuseumok.org 602-6664 Brains are amazing and beautiful machines, able to translate massive amounts of information pouring in from the human senses to decipher the world around us. That’s why tricking them is so much fun in Science Museum Oklahoma’s brand-new permanent exhibit, “Mind Games,” opening […]
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Imagine that!
“Imagination Station” is a traveling exhibit through the Oklahoma Museum Network. The interactive display marries art, science and music into a union whose offspring is knowledge and creative learning, said Sherry Marshall, director of OMN. “Imagination Station highlights the blending of these three topics,” she said. “You can’t isolate any one of them because they […]