The web is full of blogs which makes finding those few popular and interesting blogs quite a difficult task. Step in the “Top 10 Blogs” sites, amongst which we have a new contender: Blog of the Day ranks WordPress blogs on their popularity on a given day, if enough people visit a blog it will end up in the top 25, it has to be worth a look doesn’t it 
The current second place Blog entry is from a site that’s a personal favoriteof mine BadAstronomy run by Philip Plait. A site that covers “myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics.”
Many films use a bit of artistic license and break from science in a number of ways claiming that it improves the enjoyment of the film. Others are just ignorant of the mistakes they’re making or do so due to the public expectation of how things work. Phil’s site provides an interesting insight into the ways films fail to make the scientific grade. One of his more recent reviews covers the science in Star Wars Revenge of the Sith (spolier warning for those StarWars fans that havn’t seen the movie yet – What are you waiting for?).
Philip now has a new “mission” for his website, the rebuttal of “Creationist Claims”.
Evolution rankles them because it contradicts the Bible which says God made man in his own image and describes specifically how God did it. But cosmology, the study of the Universe as a whole, is even worse for them, since it clearly contradicts the very first passages of that Bible.
These are the same people that claim Crime Rates have increased since the teaching of Evolution began in schools. Which would normally be laughed at and forgotten, only their claims are disturbingly taking hold in the US. That article was from 2002 and I havn’t heard whether the ban is still in place or whether it was appealed, either way, I wish Philip all the best in his quest to rebute the claims of “Creationists”.
