You knew it had to happen, and here it is: Sir Isaac Newton (gravity, calculus, optics) vs Bill Nye (Science Guy, creationist debate), with a special guest appearance by Neil deGrasse Tyson (astrophysics)
On a cool note, Miles Davis gets a NYC street. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Weather vs Climate Change. What's So Scary About Smart Girls? Maya Angelou - I Am Human. Documentary: 'Daddy I Do'.
NYPD twits; Creationists' heads explode; Public school Bible curriculum; Goodbye Columbus; Buffalo Jills pay back the Bills; What Americans really think about inequality
Reader Comments - Tony Benn; Labor organizing; BDS and American Jews; Seniors; Mayor de Blasio; Education - Charters, Testing, Children's Literature, Adjuncts; Real Irish American history; Keystone XL; Neil deGrasse Tyson on Cosmos;
Announcements: GLobal Protests Against Racism and Fascism - this Saturday; Cecily McMillan Trial Update; New books/resources - New Labor in New York; Living Wage Calculator; Getting Back to Full Employment; Truth About Three Mile Island
A first look at the stunning new science series hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. For a discussion of the relation of science and religion in the first episode, go here.
“The issue ... is not religion versus non-religion, or religion versus science,” Tyson says. “The issue is ideas that are different versus dogma.”
Is there life elsewhere in the universe? In our solar system? Neil DeGrasse Tyson makes a series of striking, amusing, compelling arguments.
Neil deGrasse Tyson introduces us to an extraordinary border collie and other dogs that are changing our view of canine intelligence.
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