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Updated 13 July 2020 – Mid COVID-19 In the Spring of 2020 teachers and students around…
Bison vs Cow Greenhouse Gas “Emissions”
This misleading bison-cattle comparison is making the rounds again. First, it’s important to note that methane (CH4), the gas in…
Oversimplifying the Nature of Science: Thoughts for the Beginning of the School Year
There are two components of the Nature of Science that I hit hard at the beginning of each year at all…
My Classes are Pointless
Updated 13 July 2020 – Mid COVID-19 In the Spring of 2020 teachers and students around the world were thrust…
Detecting Pseudoscience (bad science) in Published Papers: Case Study #2
In a previous post titled Glyphosate Pseudoscience, I investigated a journal article in which the authors claimed that indirect consumption of…
Seahorse Evolution and The Nature of Science
A recent article in the journal Nature on the evolution of novel phenotypes in seahorses presents a great example of the Nature…
No, you don’t have a D in my class.
As I continue my journey trying to deemphasize grades in my high school Biology classes (read more about it here and…
Acupuncture Study as a Cure for Pseudoscientific Thinking
This is a new version of an earlier post from January 2015. First, A Basic Lesson in Pseudoscientific Thinking As…
Generalizing vs Explanatory Hypotheses: How do we use them in Practice?
The following post is an extension of a much earlier post of mine called Teaching the Hypothesis. If you haven’t…
“Science is not belief, but the will to find out.” – Anon
Soon after I first met my Father-in-Law, Ted, I learned that one of his greatest pleasures in life was to…
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