Skip to content
BioBlog

Category: critical thinking

Extending our family tree?

August 17, 2007 | Alison | critical thinking, evolution, scholarship biology

You may have read the recent press coverage about the discovery of Homo erectus and habilis remains that suggest that these species coexisted for much longer than scientists had previously thought. The coverage was accompanied by headlines implying that the new finds overturned our current understanding of human evolution. But just how accurate is this?

Continue reading

Is it a valid argument?

August 11, 2007 | Alison | critical thinking, scholarship biology

If you’re like me, you probably do quite a lot of net surfing, just looking for new science stories or something interesting to read. But I hope that you think critically about what you’re reading. Not all websites are created equal, and the material you find may contain one or more logical fallacies. Check them out – not […]

Continue reading

This isn’t an English class!

August 6, 2007 | Alison | critical thinking, scholarship biology

You’ve probably already heard this from your teachers – but it’s an important message, so read on… The ability to write well is one of the most important skills you need, if you’re going to achieve well in the Scholarship Biology examinations. Don’t believe me? Have a look at the examiner’s report for last year’s […]

Continue reading

  • « Prev
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56

Search Bioblog

Pages

  • About Bioblog
  • Archives
Swan girl - portrait of the author as a young scientist This blog in response to comments from secondary school biology teachers. I hope to use it as a way of encouraging critical thinking, looking at scientific papers that are relevant to the Level 3 curriculum and to Scholarship.

Most Read

  • sam bailey on isolating viruses, and why she is wrong
  • telling good science from bad (a cautionary tale)
  • kary mullis, pcr, & covid tests
  • “killer neandertals” – does this one really stack up?
  • covid-19 infection and how the spike protein is involved in doing harm
  • “the only memory of the bee is a painting by a dying flower”
  • if pharyngeal slits turn into gills, why don’t humans have gills?
  • apple juice & gallstones
  • a sponge makes the top 10
  • the genetics of lactase persistence

Recent Comments

  • Alison on kary mullis, pcr, & covid tests
  • Alex on kary mullis, pcr, & covid tests
  • Alison on covid-19 infection and how the spike protein is involved in doing harm
  • Alison on covid-19 infection and how the spike protein is involved in doing harm
  • Nemo on covid-19 infection and how the spike protein is involved in doing harm

Tags

1080 acupuncture animal behaviour animal diversity anti-vaxxers Biology Olympiad biotechnology blogging books chemistry communication covid-19 creationism critical thinking developmental biology ecology ed education environment and ecology evolution fluoridation genetics gmo history of science human evolution humour journalism medicine miracle mineral supplement MMS nature of science new science stories plant responses plant structure pseudoscience scholarship biology science science & society science and society secondary schools social media STEM tertiary study transition vaccination

Recent Archives

  • November 2021
  • September 2021
  • July 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021

Categories

  • Add category
  • animal behaviour
  • animal diversity
  • communication
  • critical thinking
  • ecology
  • education
  • evolution
  • genetics
  • history of science
  • human evolution
  • humour
  • nature of science
  • new science stories
  • plant responses to the environment
  • plant structure
  • scholarship biology
  • science and society
  • Uncategorised

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
© 2022 BioBlog | All views expressed on this site are the the authors on and do not represent the opinions of the University of Waikato.