From Gallup.Com:
Republicans, Democrats Differ on Creationism
Republicans much more likely than Democrats to believe humans created as-is 10,000 years ago
PRINCETON, NJ — There is a significant political divide in beliefs about the origin of human beings, with 60% of Republicans saying humans were created in their present form by God 10,000 years ago, a belief shared […]

pwned
It just goes to prove…
Just because you’re a geeky jewish guy who played a high school teacher in a famous 80’s movie, it doesn’t mean you are not also a total moron.

From Space.COM:
NASA’S Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this westward view from atop a low plateau where Sprit spent the closing months of 2007. Several bloggers and other enthusiasts have pointed to a tiny structure (red circle) on the Martian surface as a human figure and thus evidence of life on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University
Sausquatch, The […]

So this christofacist biologist takes a job working on a research project.  
The entire purpose of the project is to study the evolution of various fish species, and how, over time, genetic changes help them survive.
When the research team discovers he doesn’t even believe in evolution, they fire him, he then turns around and sues them for violation […]

 
A sad tale of woe can be found in this well written article about what it’s like to be a science teacher in Arkansas.  Learn how science teachers, in order to avoid controversy (and keep their jobs) are deciding to skip topics like evolution, and the age of the earth, or rocks etc.
It’s pretty sad; […]

 
From The Online Dinosaur Time Machine:
Pterodactyl
Name’s meaning: “Winged finger”
Pronounciation: ter-u-Dak-til
Physical Description:
A Pterodactyl had a wingspan of anywhere between a few inches up to over 40 feet long. Pterodactyls are believed to have flown long distances using large wings and they had above average eyesight to help them catch their prey. Paleontologist classify Pterodactyls as flying […]

From The BBC:
Patient bleeds dark green blood
A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports.
The man emulated Star Trek’s Mr Spock - the Enterprise’s science officer who supposedly had green Vulcan blood.
In this case, the unusual colour of the 42-year-old’s blood […]

Kinda cool to see one of those text book physics questions actually performed in real life.

You can find a really cool website here that shows the spread of humanity, from it’s origins in Africa 160,000 years ago, through multiple ice ages and vulcanic catastrophes, right up to the spread of humans to every corned of the globe.
Well, that is of course,  you’re one of those intellectual wonders who believes it all […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
Scotty’s space ashes still lost on Earth
Search continues in New Mexico for ‘memorial spaceflight’ payload
The search for the UP Aerospace payload of experiments and the cremated remains of some 200 people — including Scotty of “Star Trek” fame as well as pioneering NASA Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper — continues within New Mexico’s rugged mountain […]

(what Gliese 581-C might look like prior to walmartization)
From MSNBC.COM:
Scientists find most Earth-like planet yet
Models predict planet should be either rocky or covered with oceans
An Earth-like planet spotted outside our solar system is the first found that could support liquid water and harbor life, scientists announced today.
Liquid water is a key ingredient for life as […]

 
From MSNBC.COM:
Russia eyes industrial development of moon
Expert believes Soyuz rockets able to reach Earth’s closest neighbor
MOSCOW - Russia is working on a space transport system that could eventually lead to the industrialization of the moon, a space expert said.
Thirty-eight years after the United States put the first man on the moon, Russia could reach it […]

 
From MSNBC.COM:
God’s Numbers
The latest Newsweek poll shows that 91 percent of American adults surveyed believe in God—and nearly half reject the theory of evolution.
March 30, 2007 - A belief in God and an identification with an organized religion are widespread throughout the country, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. Nine in 10 (91 percent) […]

By Restless
Happy Spring …
Imagine the surprise on Kylie Hodgson’s face when the midwife during her caesarean section showed her two beautiful baby girls - of different races. Both Kylie and her husband have mixed-race parents, meaning that one girl inherited all-white genes and the other all-black genes, an occurrence with odds of approximately a million […]