Bad Memes in Oslo

Explore the controversy as medical students at the University of Oslo push for anti-evolution lectures, stirring debate in academia.

Written byCarl Zimmer

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Texas may be off the hook for now, but Razib at Gene Expression observes that some medical students at the University of Oslo are lobbying for anti-evolution lectures. I guess I'll try not to be in Norway if I need antibiotics.

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