Science Is Constantly Evolving
Discover the latest in climate change and evolution education news.
"About half of Americans say the Earth is warming mostly due to human activity," according (PDF) to a new report from the Pew Research Center.Asked, "Which of these three statements about the Earth's temperature comes closest to your view?" 53% of respondents preferred or leaned toward "The Earth…
NCSE is pleased to welcome Paul Oh, NCSE's new Director of Communications. Oh comes to NCSE after stints at a variety of non-profits specifically concerned with education, including the Teaching Channel, where he was a senior director overseeing editorial content and leading social media, and the…
NCSE is seeking to hire a Director of Community Science Education. The Director of Community Science Education will be responsible for the direction and strategic expansion of the NCSE Science Booster Club program, which facilitates the creation and support of local community-based groups to…
A pair of bills introduced in Congress in April 2018 — S. 2740 in the Senate; H.R. 5606 in the House of Representatives — would authorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to institute a competitive grant program aimed in part at developing and improving educational material and…
Seven in ten Americans think that global warming is happening, and almost three in five think that, if it is happening, it is mostly owing to human activity, but only about one in seven know that nearly all climate scientists agree that global warming is happening as a result of human activity.…
By now, you have probably heard of NCSE’s Science Booster Clubs (SBCs), our grassroots effort to bring climate change and evolution activities to public spaces. This past year, NCSE has launched our national expansion of the clubs and we currently have clubs in ten states. As the SBC operations…
Even despite public controversies over the inclusion of climate change in state science standards, "Americans overwhelmingly support teaching our children about the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global warming — in all 50 states and 3,000+ counties across the nation, including…
NCSE is pleased to congratulate Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University and a member of NCSE's board of directors, on receiving a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The fellowships are "intended for individuals who have already…
NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line. The issue — volume 38, number 2 — is the tenth issue in the newsletter's new, streamlined, and full-color format.Featured are Mark Bloom and Ian C.…