Fun Does Not Sell Smarts

May 2, 2010, at 2:53 pm

Each semester I teach at least one course with a co-requisite laboratory course in which students conduct psychological research in small groups. Due to certain requirements of the American Psychological Association, these studies are not eligible for publication in an approved journal. Although students sometimes meet the requirements and re-run these studies in order to […]

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [NCCAM] Scam

April 8, 2010, at 9:09 am

Since health care reform has been in the news lately (wonder why?) and NCCAM has been popping up on the blogosphere, I thought it might be a good time to repost this one. Originally posted on February 16, 2009 NCCAM = National Scam Reading the blogs of others I have noticed that one entry often […]

Naughty Elmo Revisited

March 20, 2010, at 12:07 am

There is No Debate Over Evolution

March 9, 2010, at 1:54 am

A recent event not included in my last post, but one about which I am very excited, is the release of Daniel Loxton’s book Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be. It is a book aimed at children ages 8 to 13 and covers the basics of natural selection and speciation in […]

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