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William Paley died in 1805, and there’s no reason that his shade should be haunting me. And yet he appears even in my leisure reading. I recently finished Charles Palliser’s novel Rustication (2014). On the flap copy, the Guardian is quoted as describing Palliser as “our…
Eugenie C. Scott Eugenie C. Scott, the former executive director of NCSE and the current chair of its Advisory Council, will be presented with a Distinguished Service to Science Education Award from the National Science Teachers Association. The award is presented to members of…
“We behold the face of nature bright with gladness, we often see superabundance of food; we do not see, or we forget, that the birds which are idly singing round us mostly live on insects or seeds, and are thus constantly destroying life; or we forget how largely these songsters, or their eggs,…
"When teaching scientific argumentation, selecting the wrong topic can impair — rather than increase — student understanding." That was the message of four members of NCSE's staff, Minda Berbeco, Mark McCaffrey, Eric Meikle, and Glenn Branch, in their commentary "Choose Controversies Wisely,"…
Maybe it’s just me, but lately I’m having trouble telling if normal news pieces are from The Onion. Consider these koan-like headlines about the new Noah movie: Conservative Christians Criticize Russell Crowe’s ‘Noah’ Film as ‘Historically Inaccurate’ The Ark: Could Noah’s…
Brian Alters Brian Alters, president of NCSE's board of directors, was profiled in the Orange County Register (April 1, 2014). The article described how Alters's twin interests in Charles Darwin and Walt Disney now intersect in his popular class "Pursuit of Happiness:…
The website of the magazine First Things recently featured a response by Stephen H. Webb, one of the magazine’s columnists, to Stephen Meredith’s essay entitled “Looking for God in All the Wrong Places,” which appeared in the February 2014 issue of First Things. (Who would have…
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 34, number 2 — features commentary on the Bill Nye-Ken Ham debate from John W. Patterson, Andrew J. Petto, and Steve Watkins, as well as Bernard…
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