This worries me a little; the idea that creationism could gain any sort of foothold in the UK is disturbing. Luckily, the important quotation is at the bottom of the article, where
“A spokesperson for the DfES said: “Neither creationism nor intelligent design are taught as a subject in schools, and are not specified in the [...]
Posts made in September, 2006
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Back in the far off days between undergrad and PhD, I happened to be at Patrick’s while discussions were taking place about a book to be co-authored by PM and by Queen guitarist and astronomer, Brian May. Somehow, I got sucked into the project and was present at the fateful meeting at which hands were [...]
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One of my favourite stories out of all of those we’ve covered on the Sky at Night in the last three years was that of SuperWASP. WASP stands for the Wide Angle Planet Search, and the idea is to scan as much of the sky as possible, as quickly as possible, in order to catch [...]
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I’ve been talking a lot recently about the impact of seeing the Earth as a planet for the first time; perhaps the most enduring legacy of Apollo is the image that we all have of a round Earth hanging in space. Interestingly, it seems that this wasn’t something the astronauts had particularly thought about seeing [...]
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This is the first post. Hopefully it will be visible to everyone, although why anyone would be here at this stage I do not know. More to follow
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