One of the ACLU’s main issues with teaching creationism and evolution in tandem is that it serves to mislead students and breaks down their understanding of scientific principles. Evolution is considered a theory, a fact many creationists site in their arguments, but it is essential to realize that it is a scientific theory or “an idea that has the broad explanatory power of a set of observations and which, importantly, has been corroborated by many, many independent studies using different kinds
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"We wanted to know which specific clinical manifestations of autism show significant gender differences, and whether patterns in the brain's gray matter could explain behavioral differences," said the study's senior author, Vinod Menon, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Knowledge of the difference could help clinicians better recognize and treat autism in both sexes, he added. "Understanding this is really quite crucial clinically." "We found strong evidence for gender differences in autism," said postdoctoral scholar Kaustubh
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All animals truly deserve to lead joyful and healthy lives, yet over 100 million creatures are subjected to harsh animal testing experiments each year alone. New evidence has proved that animal tests are completely unregulated and no longer provide accurate results. Animal experimentation needs to be illegal in the United States because it is truly inhumane and completely unnecessary. Experiments using animals has been used for many centuries now. In fact, testing of animals can be traced all the
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Freeman in Through the Wormhole discussing and debating on different theories on whether or not gravity is real. In physics, the term gravity is well defined as the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass; the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth. In addition the video starts to state that the gravitational pull of the sun keeps the earth from flying off into space and earth's
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In the two videos, Bill Nye is asserting his belief that Evolution is the scientifically correct answer to how we arrived at where we are today. He is also attempting to convince others that a belief in anything other than evolution is not only detrimental to the person holding this belief, but also to the country at large. He is attempting to convince his audience that without a basis of evolution, any attempts to understand the world at large will be fundamentally flawed. Billy Nye is making the
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ear Dr. Su: After your explanation of the unknowns lab report instructions, I am still left with a few questions concerning what should be the result for the lab the report. Therefore, I was hoping that you could explain to me what must be written in the report to receive a passing grade. My confusion to the assignment is in part due to the fact that my lab is inconclusive. In order to be able to classify the unknown as a certain bacteria I should be able to match its characteristics with different
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How can we explain phenomena we cannot directly observe? To explain phenomena we cannot directly observe, we need to gather evidence. When gathering evidence through observation, you should use all of the senses you can for the particular thing your observing. After you gather evidence, you make observations. To make observations, you use the evidence you gathered and put it together so you can make some sort of claim about the phenomena your observing. You can also scientifically explain phenomena
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In the innovative and enthralling novel Ishmael thoughts of purpose and life are severely questioned. Within the novel, the narrator speaks of a deep longing to learn all there is to know of the world and what it has to offer. In his quest the narrator seeks of his “teacher” how the world came to be and discovers Ishmael. As the story progresses, the two scholars establish a storyline that focuses on many key details. Such details include how man or the world came to be, evolution, the community
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the human species by the earth. To pick up control of a subject of study the behaviorist must know the distinction between what practices have been preconditioned and what was acquired from past eras. Human brain science has neglected to make great its claim as a characteristic science. Because of a mixed up thought that its fields of truths are cognizant marvels and that thoughtfulness is the main direct technique for determining these realities, it has enmeshed itself in a progression of theoretical
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I have visited to the Dallas Fort Worth museum of science and history last summer. It was a great experience and has recognized a lot about the scientific and historic facts about ancient days. It was a really worth visiting and I got to know many more things about the Pre-Columbian ceramic figures of United States. The history of the museum was it was open on May 21, 1941 as a museum for children and has a wide range of collections. It was also built to appreciate the biological collections and
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