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Topic: science
PETA Sues Texas A&M over Deleting Facebook Comments
PETA is suing Texas A&M for deleting anti-research comments on the university’s Facebook page, which criticize the university for using dogs in scientific research.
Science Teachers have to Combat ‘Whiteness’ in their Classrooms
Two college professors at the University of Colorado-Denver asserted science teachers have to combat “whiteness” in their classrooms.
Tribal Politics Turns Us Against Science and Ourselves
Is there a war on science? One writer thinks so, thanks to the current campus culture wars.
Professor’s Op-Ed says Trump’s Anti-Climate Change Agenda should Disqualify Him from Using Science
From The College Fix: In a recent piece in The Huffington Post, California State University, Sacramento’s Joseph Palermo argues that because Donald Trump “rejects the science of climate change,” he shouldn’t be permitted to make use of…
Study Calls into Question Key Climate Change Metric
From Mike Bastasch at the Daily Caller: Meteorologist Anthony Watts and amateur scientist Willis Eschenbach released new research suggesting “global climate sensitivity to increased carbon dioxide, and the potential feedback mechanism of increased water vapor…
Study: Biofuels could Cause More Carbon Emissions than Gasoline
That’s quite the counternarrative, if the study’s results hold up in future studies conducted on the same subject: Motor vehicle “biofuels” like ethanol made from corn and soybeans may cause more carbon emissions than gasoline,…
Creationist Wins Lawsuit against Cal-State Northridge
Big news for the creationist academic community: A creationist scholar recently received a six-figure settlement from California State University Northridge, a payout that resolved a 2-year-old lawsuit that alleged the scholar had been fired after…
NYU Disinvites Nobel Prize Winning Scientists for Decade-Old Remarks
Sounds like some people get easily offended at comments made a decade ago. Granted, the remarks were not the smartest to say in an interview: A Nobel Prize-winning scientist has been disinvited from speaking at…
Drop the Class if You’re a Climate Change Denier, says Professor
Quelling dissent and encouraging students to drop out due to difference in opinion on climate change/global warming…that is a bold move: Three professors co-teaching an online course called “Medical Humanities in the Digital Age” at…