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April 11, 2012

Tennessee 'Monkey Bill' Becomes Law

Helen Thompson, Nature News


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The governor of Tennessee has allowed the passage of the 'monkey bill', giving public-school teachers licence to teach alternatives to those mainstream scientific theories often attacked by religious and political conservatives.

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TAGGED: anti-science, Tennessee, evolution, science education

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