“Universities have a purpose. They are supposed to be pressing the boundaries of knowledge and inspiring student questioning; they are … Continue reading
“Let the beauty we love be what we do There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” … Continue reading
“The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, … Continue reading
From Carl Jung
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From Rachel Carson
“The beauty of the living world I was trying to save has always been uppermost in my mind – that, … Continue reading From Rachel Carson
“The passion for this type of direct action is growing because other methods are failing us.” – Julia ‘Butterfly’ Hill Continue reading
The ups and downs of evolution
Vol. 7 No. 13
January 18, 2006
Science Matters
by David Suzuki
The ups and downs of evolution
2005 wasn’t an easy year for evolution, but it was a good one. In the
United States, legislation to promote the teaching of “intelligent design”
in schools as an alternative to evolution was introduced in more than a
dozen states. But the end of the year brought court victories for
evolutionists and evolutionary research was heralded as the “breakthrough
of the year” by the journal Science.
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“Agitate, litigate, legislate!” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue reading
“The ghosts of Muir and Pinchot still wrestle for control.” – Stephen Fox, John Muir and His Legacy Continue reading
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