Science Is Constantly Evolving
Discover the latest in climate change and evolution education news.
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.…
About two thirds of Americans overall realize that most scientists think that global warming is occurring and that it is caused by human activities, according to a new poll from Gallup. But the partisan polarization of opinion on climate change continues to be clear. Gallup suggests, "With Trump…
Misunderstandings and willful denial about our changing climate have had real impacts on policy decisions, and the consequences of our inability or unwillingness to act are real. Just last week we got news that Easter Island is eroding due to rising sea levels. It can be tempting to oversimplify…
NCSE is seeking to hire one or two part-time summer interns to work on science education activism projects, with a particular focus on either climate change education or evolution education. This is a unique opportunity for someone with a science background to learn about science advocacy to…