KASES
The Kentucky Association of Science Educators and Skeptics
A Kentucky nonprofit dedicated to improving science education and critical thinking.

"Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people
connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy."
Barry Goldwater

New!

Drinking Skeptically

Local Lexington Chapter

The KASES Book Mart

KIDS!
Urban legends, aliens, Bigfoot, Atlantis?? It's more fun to be skeptical! 

KENTUCKY FOSSILS?
Identify your finds!

Kentucky Paleontological Society

If someone tells you about their ESP, the "face" on Mars, ghosts, or something else weird, check it out in the Skeptic's Dictionary!

Science fair ideas


About KASES
Our members include science professionals at every educational level as well as attorneys, medical professionals, librarians, reporters, and many others.  More...

Opinion
Mostly by KASES members 

Anila Ragade, Phd
Has Deepak Done The Impossible?
Why I am a Skeptic
Book review: The Afterlife Experiments

Thomas Wheeler, PhD 
A seminar on creationism, evolution, and intelligent design. (Powerpoint presentation)
Edwin Kagin
OmniMyth of Kentucky Theme Park
Dan Phelps
Saint George and the Baryonyx (review of Dinosaurs by Design by Gish
Baugh on Baugh:The "Creation Evidence" Museum
Review of Starr, Ghosthunting in Kentucky
Review of Allan & Delair, Cataclysm!

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Now available!  How to Investigate Ghosts, UFOs, Psychics, & Other Mysteries by KASES founders Baker and Nickell (More by Nickell and Baker)

Pseudoscience in America: How bad is the problem?



RichardDawkins.net

updated 03/08/2009

 

   


Featured website:

The Joe Nickell Files

The Joe Nickell Files is based on series of telephone conversations (recorded in 2000 and 2001; transcribed, updated and revised in 2003 and 2004) between Joe Nickell and scifidimensions' editor John C. Snider, in which they delve into Joe's experiences investigating the weird world of the paranormal, the miraculous, and the unexplained.


Sense About Science

Promoting good science and evidence for the public

Sense About Science is an independent charitable trust. We respond to the misrepresentation of science and scientific evidence on issues that matter to society, from scares about plastic bottles, fluoride and the MMR vaccine to controversies about genetic modification, stem cell research and radiation. We work with scientists and civic groups to promote evidence and scientific reasoning in public discussion.

Our recent and current priorities include alternative medicine, MRI, detox, radiation, health tests, the status of evidence in public health advice, an educational resource on peer review and the public language of science.


The Skeptics Guide to the Universe is a weekly Podcast talkshow produced by the New England Skeptical Society (NESS) in association with the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) : discussing the latest news and topics from the world of the paranormal, fringe science, and controversial claims from a scientific point of view.


Expelled Exposed, a detailed look at the Ben Stein movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. It will show you why this movie is not a documentary at all, but anti-science propaganda aimed at creating the appearance of controversy where there is none.


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ATTENTION TEACHERS!
Understanding Evolution for teachers
New resource for teachers: Understanding evolution

(Do you teach Intelligent Design in your school? Are you confident enough to discuss (or debate) your beliefs with an a scientist who believes in evolution?  Let us know.)

KASES provides guest speakers on a variety of subjects.  
Please e-mail us your requests.   (We are especially glad to be invited to appear on panels with creationists and other pseudoscientists.)  
Spotted some pseudoscience in a news articles or broadcast? Let us know! 

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Our favorite science-related podcasts
The Skeptics Tank
NPR Science Friday (Ira Flatow)
Skywatch (astronomy program, STSI public outreach)
Naked Scientists (BBC radio show, Cambridge)
Skepticality
Discovery Science Radio (Australia)
Discovery Channel Science News (Headlines &  quick summaries) 
 NOVA (Headlines & quick summaries)
Space.com (astronomy and space flight, very interesting)

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Allies
Kentucky Council Against Health Fraud
National Center for Science Education

Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI)
Center for Inquiry
Skeptics Dictionary
Skeptic Magazine
James Randi
Cincinnati Skeptics
Rocky Mountain Skeptics
Free Inquiry Group (Northern KY and Cincy)
Teacher's Press

Resources

Rally For Reason
The Skeptiseum
Pseudoscience/Paranormal
Quackwatch
Junk Science
Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine
Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice
Field Guide to Critical Thinking
Skeptics' Annotated Bible
Yahoo Groups/Skeptic RN
Logical Fallacies
Urban Myths
Talk Origins (evolution)
Evolution (Berkeley)
Panda’s Thumb
National Center for Science Education
Kentucky Paleontological Society
Creation Science and Earth History
Cuffey (Fossil Record)

The Spin Cycle
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Center for Public Integrity
PR Watch
Institute for Public Accuracy

In Memoriam:
UK Professor and KASES co-founder 
Dr. Robert Baker, 1921-2005
KASES and the entire skeptical community are poorer for Dr. Baker's passing.  More...