Bungee Jumping Coming To Harpers Ferry This Spring
A Canadian company plans to open a bungee jumping site at an abandoned quarry in Harpers Ferry this May.
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‘Intelligent Design’ Bill Signed Into Law
A new law tries to define how a teacher might answer a student’s question of how life began. Senate Bill 280 says a public school teacher is not prohibited from responding to questions about scientific theories of how the universe and or life came to exist.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs & Them: Diminished Trust In Science
Science and research can lead to important breakthroughs, but in a divided America, not everyone trusts the results. In this Us & Them, host Trey Kay speaks with three expert guests before an audience full of curious people at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia and asks: How shaken is our confidence in scientists and the scientific process?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenate Education Committee Discusses Intelligent Design, Promise PLUS
The Senate Education Committee took up several bills Tuesday including Senate Bill 619, which would allow teachers in public schools to teach something called intelligent design.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs and Them : Under the Microscope-Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Back in 2015, we aired an episode called “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” that didn’t go over so well with a bunch of our listeners. We received…
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Us & Them: Hello Mary Lou!
Mary Lou Bruner, who made headlines with her wild accusations about President Obama is running for Texas State Board of Education. If elected, she’ll be responsible for guiding the nation’s second largest public school system. Could she influence the content in textbooks used across the nation?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Episode of Us & Them Focuses on Prize Money to Disprove Evolution, Climate Change Theories
Us & Them host Trey Kay tackles two big issues on the latest episode of the podcast this week: evolution and climate change. And while those issues are…
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