Critical thinking in biology- Experiments as the gold standard for research: A new twist June 18, 2019
- Vaccination is in the news again (original posting of April 12, 2019, updated with new information on June 4, 2019) April 12, 2019
- Becoming an ecologist: A detour makes a difference March 17, 2018
- Why I worry about climate change March 16, 2018
- On climate science, the New York Times blows it May 8, 2017
- “This is a sad day for the children of the U.S.” April 19, 2017
- Monarch butterflies, milkweed, and migration: The law of unintended consequences February 3, 2017
- Medical use of marijuana revisited January 11, 2017
- Storytelling in science: What can we learn about critical thinking from stories about mountain lions and sea otters? July 23, 2016
- Careful readers are a writer’s best friends March 8, 2016
Category Archives: Modeling
On climate science, the New York Times blows it
Bret Stephens is a right-wing journalist and climate-science denier who spent most of his career writing for the Wall Street Journal. He was hired as an opinion writer by the New York Times in early 2017, and wrote his first … Continue reading
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Vaccination and the Eradication of Human Diseases
Smallpox was a scourge of humanity for centuries, but in 1977 became the first human disease eliminated by a worldwide vaccination campaign. In Chapter 6 of Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology, I explain how the reproductive rates of disease … Continue reading
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