Blogs That Address the Evolution - Creationism Issue
If you want to keep up with news and educated opinions in the fields of science, evolution and biology these are some great blogs to read regularly.
Please note, these blogs are not affiliated with the Alliance for Science or its members. The views expressed are those of the individual bloggers only.
- Chesterfield County (VA) Science Education Blog
- A new blog created in late June, 2007 to address the pro-science response to efforts to introduce intelligent design into the Chesterfield County, Virginia public schools.
- Panda's Thumb
- This is a group blog, whose contributors include a range of scientists, mathematicians and others. Many of the contributors have their own personal blogs, but post their best or most important material here. If you only have time to follow one blog on the subject of evolution and creationism, this is the one.
- Red State Rabble
- Pat Hayes is a writer on the front lines in Kansas. He closely follows the machinations of the Kansas State School Board and the long saga of attempts to inject creationism into Kansas science classrooms.
- Chris Mooney
- Chris Mooney is a journalist who covers science issues. Perhaps best known for writing The Republican War on Science, his current focus is on the politics of climate science.
- Pharyngula
- P. Z. Myers is a biologist at the University of Minnesota, Morris. Myers' award-winning blog is very popular and he is one of the most prolific science bloggers. He is noted for his acerbic wit and writes from an assertive atheist perspective.
- Evolutionary Blog
- Jason Rosenhouse is a mathematician at James Madison University. In addition to blogging on the distortions and nonsense coming from the intelligent design community, Jason posts occasionally on chess and mathematics.
- Denialism Blog
- If you want to learn how to systematically detect and unravel the rhetorical tricks and feats of illogic that are the hallmark of cranks and pseudoscientists the world over, this is the place.
- Science Blogs
- A great collection of Science Blogs all in one site
- Stranger Fruit
- John Lynch is a zoologist at Arizona State University.
- Thoughts from Kansas
- Thoughts from Kansas is written by Joshua Rosenau, a graduate student at the University of Kansas.
- Aetiology
- Tara Smith is an epidemiologist at the University of Iowa and is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science.
- Neurotopia
- Neurotopia is run by the Evil Monkey, a neuroscientist and supporter of the AfS mission.
- Respectful Insolence (formerly 'Orac Knows')
- Orac is a surgeon.
- The Loom
- Carl Zimmer is a well-known science journalist.
- Evolving Thoughts
- John Wilkins is a postdoc in philosophy and history of biology, at the University of Queensland, Australia.
- Afarensis
- "Afarensis" specializes in anthropological issues.
- Skeptico Blog
- Richard Rockley addresses creationism as part of a broader focus on irrationalism.