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Featured Topic: Beware of Bad Science

How often as a child did you hear your mother tell you in the wintertime, "Bundle up! You'll catch cold!" Or, "Don't go out with wet hair; you'll get pneumonia!" That is bad science. There is not a shred of scientific evidence that being cold will give you a cold, or that going outside with wet hair will do any more harm than make you uncomfortable. Colds and pneumonia are caused by germs, not discomfort. Read More.

Indiana has Geology Too
Ok, it's no Colorado or Arizona There are no mountains or giant canyons. But Indiana does have a lot of landscape features that even many Hoosiers are not aware of. These include cliffs, tree-covered hills, giant sand dunes, and tons of glacial features. Read More.

And, read How the Ice Age Shaped Indiana, (.pdf).

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Words of Science Some people often misinterpret the language used by scientists. And for that reason, they sometimes draw the wrong conclusions as to what the scientific terms mean. What is the differences among terms like "scientific law," "hypothesis," and "theory." In science, a theory means something different than it does in everyday usage. And that has some people comfused. Read More. From the Headlines... Is Intelligent Design really science? Is Evolution really a kind of religion? Even after more than 150 years of evidence and observation, the debate continues. Read More. Science Blog

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