Cretin of the moment

Rick Santorum, for looking into a mirror and somehow seeing a honest man completely free of hypocrisy concerning the issue of political interference in science looking out. At least he's consistent in terms of being a political freak show.

New Hampshire: Bergevin/Hopper all over again

If you were reading Lurker back in July you might remember a couple of anti-evolution bills that were presented to the New Hampshire House of Representatives by Jerry Bergevin (R-17th district) and Gary Hopper (R-7th). Unfortunately, the National Center for Science Education has confirmed that both bills have been prefiled and are scheduled for hearings in front of the House Education Committee on February 9th and 14th of next year. Hopefully they'll  both go nowhere fast, but you can never tell in this bizarre little political climate we're living in. Stay tuned.

(Also at WTTFTG)

Higgs? Or not?

The latest from CERN on the ATLAS and CMS experiments concerning the Standard Model Higgs boson, both from the horse's mouth and in a more digestible form at New Scientist.

(Also at WTTFTG)