Author Archives: Jonathan Smith

This weekend and next weekend there are multiple events taking place throughout the state to celebrate Carl Sagan Day   Florida Citizens for Science are to be one of the sponsors at an event in Clearwater FL on Saturday 15th of … Continue reading →

I know what I’m about to offer can in no way be considered anything close to scientifically accurate, but I do feel that it is at worse a fair example of what is going on in many of  Florida’s school districts. … Continue reading →

All of the 80 plus lectures of Evolution 2014 are now available on You Tube. The lectures are easy to listen to and you can see all the slides very well (maybe not the speakers so well)  The lectures cover … Continue reading →

One of this years venues for Skepticamp 2014 will be in Tampa FL and takes place on Sunday September 14th from 12.30 pm-5.00pm. Skepticamp is presented by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Coalition for Reason. The lectures and panel discussions will … Continue reading →

I have been contacted by WSLR 96.5 radio in Sarasota to participate in a live radio interview. The program “Stratosphere” is aired at 9.00am on Wednesday mornings and I will be interviewed this coming Wednesday July 16th at 9.15 am. … Continue reading →

This Op-Ed appeared in the politcal web site “Roll Call” a couple of days ago, which I thought was worth a read.  Michael S Lubell is a professor of physics at the City University of New York and the director of public affairs … Continue reading →

Part three of Neil Shubin’s three part series, Your Inner Fish, will air tonight on Wednesday April 23rd at 10: pm (EST) on your local Florida PBS station. This week’s program is titled “Your Inner monkey” and delves back into … Continue reading →

Part two of Neil Shubin’s three part series, Your Inner Fish,will air on Wednesday April 16th at 10:pm (EST) on your local Florida PBS station. This weeks program is titled “Your Inner Reptile” and traces back our human traits such … Continue reading →