Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2025: L.U.C.A.
Posted on · Episode: 2025 Looking for LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Today, our last universal common ancestor.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2229: Children and Science
Posted on · Episode: 2229 Hurdles that children must leap to learn science. Today, children and science.
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Science Standards in Texas Schools: Tuesday’s Show (February 7, 2017)
Posted on · On Wednesday (Feb. 1, 2017), the Texas Board of Education held a preliminary vote on science standards, which some worry could make room for the teaching of creationism in science classrooms. On this edition of Houston Matters, we learn more from Texas Tribune reporter Aliyya Swaby, and then discuss famous court battles over evolution and […]
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In Preliminary Vote, State Board of Education Keeps Controversial Evolution Standards
Posted on · The Texas State Board of Education on Wednesday voted preliminarily for science standards that would keep in language that some say opens the door to creationism.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1105: Mary Roberts
Posted on · Episode: 1105 Mary Roberts: The frustration of a 19th century woman scientist Today, we face the anger of a woman who’s been erased.
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Houston Matters for Thurs., Oct. 3, 2013
Posted on · We have a complex relationship, at times, with what books we use, and how we use them, in public education here in Texas. We have been at the center of controversy over the language and information presented in Texas classroom textbooks, most notably, back in 2009, new standards were created to include critical statements about […]