Science Is Constantly Evolving
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Photo Credit: Cayusa via Compfight cc This past week on Fossil Friday, I gave you a turkey of a fossil. Or a turkey-like fossil. Or what the UC Museum of Paleontology calls a "extremely bird-like" fossil. So who was it? Compsognathus longipes…
"Old wine in new bottles" (PDF), a review of Jeffrey P. Moran's American Genesis by NCSE's Glenn Branch, was just published in Evolution: Education and Outreach. According to the abstract, Moran's book "examines the Scopes trial in particular and the antievolution movement in general through the…
Bravely bold Sir Robin Rode forth from Camelot He was not afraid to die, oh brave Sir Robin He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp Or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken…
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 33, number 6 — features Adam Laats's "The Missionary Supposition: Evolution Education and Creationist Culture" and Michael D. Barton's "Bite-…
Gobble gobble! Happy almost-Thanksgiving, everyone! In celebration of one of my favorite turkey-related holidays, I've decided to give you a turkey of a fossil. Well, no, it's not a fossilized turkey, but it is about the size of a turkey. In fact, UCMP describes this guy as "…
What can citizens like you do to respond when science education comes under attack? How can you and other concerned citizens organize to fight back? What can you do to prevent attacks on science education in your community? NCSE is pleased to announce the first of a new series of on-line…
When there’s something strange in your neighborhood school, who you gonna call? If there’s something weird in your kid’s homework and it don’t look good, who you gonna call? If you’re seeing creationist bills running through your legislature, who you gonna call? Hopefully, my modest changes to…
For the centenary of Alfred Russel Wallace’s death, November 7, 2013, I assembled a host of on-line resources about Wallace’s life and work, which was posted to ncse.com and sent in Evolution and Climate Education Update, NCSE’s free weekly e-newsletter. (Not a subscriber? That’s easy to fix.)…
Do you take global warming seriously and think it is caused by humans? Do you know a lot about the topic? How do you feel about specific strategies to limit its impacts? And is it extremely important to you personally? Perhaps unsurprisingly, most people believe that climate change is happening…