Evolving in Kansas

• Are you following "Darwin, the Reluctant Revolutionary" on NPR?

  
  
  
  Today's broadcast was "At 150, Darwin's 'Origin' Stirs Even More Debate."
   
  You can read transcripts of this year-long radio series or hear podcasts here.
  
  And you can debunk anti-evolution "arguments" 15 ways here.  [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:33pm EST
  

• The case for teaching younger kids about evolution

   Nature's Little Scientists
  
  On the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species, an argument for teaching evolution to younger children.
  
  
  William West / AFP-Getty Images
  
  Two young [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:04pm EST
  

• Interesting article... Brain-eating tribe could ...

  Interesting article...
  Brain-eating tribe could help find treatment for mad cow disease
  A cannibalistic tribe in Papua New Guinea, whose members used to eat the brains of dead relatives, provides an example of evolution that could help find a treatment for ‘mad cow’ disease, according to scientists.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:04pm EST
  

• Step away from the sushi.

  Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fraud
  by Aaron Rowe
  Wired - November 20, 2009
  
  A biologist walks into a sushi bar and orders some tuna. What does he get? Escolar, a nasty fish with buttery flesh that can cause bizarre episodes of diarrhea, accompanied by a [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:34pm EST
  

• KU Student article: "Don't 'believe' in evolution"

  Folmsbee: Don't 'believe' in evolution
  
  
  By Sai Folmsbee
  Wednesday, November 18, 2009
  
  Next Tuesday is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s revolutionary book “On the Origin of Species.” This will celebrate 150 years of dynamic scientific research' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:17pm EST
  

• Video of KCFS/KCAU event Nov. 6 now ONLINE!

  Apparently, someone did a head count and counted 93 people! That's about 20 more than our maximum estimate. Guests included students from Metro, Johnson County and Longview Community Colleges, members of GKCAU, humanists, KCFS members and others.
  
  Thanks to C. J. Janovy of the Pitch, who blogged about our' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:48pm EST
  

• Even more pix from 10th Anniversary celebration

  Lois and Steve Lopes
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Keith and Ruth Miller (Ian was there, too, but where?)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:17pm EST
  

• More Pix from 10th Anniversary

  
     Making the scene
  
  
  Food was great, courtesy KU catering service. Harry welcomes guests.
  
  
  Current KBOE members Janet Waugh and Sue Storm, retired KBOE member Bill Wagnon, Cathy Mallula and polar bear.
  
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:53pm EST
  

• Four Presidents - 1999-2009

  Here's a good picture of all four KCFS Presidents at the 10th Anniversary celebration, sent by Steve Lopes. He also sent it to the LJWorld. It may appear in the Society section (Society section???) this weekend. Keep a lookout.
  
  
  From left to right: Jack Krebs,' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:25am EST
  

• Pictures from the Weekend

  Pictures from Saturday. Except for a few cell phone pics, I did not get any Friday evening AU pics so if any one has any I'd appreciate getting copies.
  
  Here are a couple of Josh, Sat afternoon. We spent a couple of delightful hours shooting pictures in the Baker' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:09pm EST
  

• Presidents of KCFS from ...

  Presidents of KCFS from Left to Right
  Jack Krebs, Liz Craig, Harry McDonald
  Steve Lopes. 10th Anniversary Nov. 7, 2009 [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:16pm EST
  

• posting pictures

  Hey Mousie,
  
  How do you post pictures? [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 5:55pm EST
  

• KCFS: Celebrating 10 Years

  
  Last night, at the KU Natural History Museum, KCFS members and friends celebrated 10 years of advocacy for sound science education. Food, drink and good fellowship abounded, and after the election of new officers and Board members, President Harry McDonald surprised several long-time Board members with [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:24pm EST
  

• More KCFS photos

  
  
  
  
  June 2005 - Lawrence KS - Kansas Citizens for Science post "trial" gathering.
  
  The 3 Amigos! - Pedro, Harry, Jack [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:19pm EST
  

• Last night's event at JCCC

  
  The speaker event (see press release below) was a smash hit! The room at JCCC was supposed to hold 75 people, but before the program started, volunteers had to bring out more chairs. Moderator Harry McDonald estimated there were about 90 people there.
  
  The crowd [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:33pm EST
  

• KCFS photos from the 2005 KSBOE trial of Darwin

  
  Snapshots from the 'post game analysis' session led by the Kansas Citizens for Science (KCFS) after the KSBOE "trial" of Darwin in May 2005. State Capitol, Topeka, KS.
  
  Note Josh Rosenau (with two name tags), then a grad student at [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:20pm EST
  

• Tonight at JCCC -- KCFS/KCAU event! Free!

  JCCC speaker event Nov. 6 celebrates 150th anniversary of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" NEWS RELEASE -- FOR RELEASE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2, 2009
  
  Contact:          Liz Craig (KCFS)                      Lynne H. Schulze (AU)
  Phone:            913-236-7595                             913-633-2479                 
  Email:             lizard6849@yahoo.com            lynnehs@gmail.com
  
  In' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:54am EST
  

• NOVA "Becoming Human" Part 1 airs tonight

  NOVA: Becoming Human Part 1 tonight on PBS. Check local listings for time.
  
  First Steps: Six million years ago, what set our ancestors on the path from ape to human? [tr.im] 
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:15am EST
  

• WEBCAST: THE MAKING OF THE FITTEST

  
  Hear NCSE Supporter Sean B. Carroll discuss "The Making of the
  Fittest: Natural Selection and the DNA Record of Evolution" on-line!
  >From 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 
  Carroll will deliver the third lecture of the 150th anniversary Origin of Species
  lecture series, hosted by [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:24am EST
  

• JCCC speaker event Nov. 6 celebrates 150th anniversary of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"

  NEWS RELEASE -- FOR RELEASE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2, 2009
  
  Contact:          Liz Craig (KCFS)                      Lynne H. Schulze (AU)
  Phone:            913-236-7595                             913-633-2479                 
  Email:             lizard6849@yahoo.com            lynnehs@gmail.com
  
  In recognition of the 150th Anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species,” [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 1:14pm EST