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A preview of Waking the Giant
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Bill McGuire's Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes (Oxford University Press, 2012). The preview consists of the bulk of chapter 2, in which McGuire observes, "some past climates can provide a useful…
On the road again with NESCent
The Darwin Day Roadshow is returning! The Roadshow is a project of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, in which NESCent staff shares their enthusiasm for evolutionary science with students, teachers, and the general public on the occasion of Charles Darwin's birthday, February 12.…
NCSE's McCaffrey in The Earth Scientist
NCSE's Mark McCaffrey contributed "Teaching controversy" (PDF, pp. 25-29) to a special issue of The Earth Scientist focusing on climate change education. The abstract of his article: What could be wrong with presenting in a science class "both sides" of controversial topics like evolution or…
Congratulations to Douglas J. Futuyma
Douglas J. FutuymaNCSE is delighted to congratulate Douglas J. Futuyma on receiving the Joseph Leidy Award, which recognizes "excellence in publications, explorations, discoveries, or research in the natural sciences," from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.…
A second climate staffer at NCSE
Minda BerbecoMinda Berbeco has joined NCSE's staff to work on its new climate change initiative. A biologist by training with a Ph.D. from Tufts University, Berbeco comes to NCSE from the University of California, Davis, where she was a post-doctoral scholar conducting research on…
A glimpse of Nature's Compass
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould's Nature's Compass: The Mystery of Animal Navigation (Princeton University Press, 2012). The preview consists of chapter 8, "Migration and the Future: Conservation and Extinction," discussing the implications of…
Progress in South Korea?
A panel overseeing revisions to science textbooks in South Korea "reaffirmed that the theory of evolution is an essential part of modern science that all students must learn in school," according to a report in Nature (September 6, 2012). The panel was convened after it was revealed that, owing to…
NCSE's Scott receives Dawkins award
NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott received the Atheist Alliance of America's Richard Dawkins Award at the group's annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, on September 1, 2012. Unable to attend the ceremony in person, the namesake of the award began his video introduction by saying, "Eugenie…
Climate Change Biologist Joins NCSE
Minda Berbeco joins NCSE's new climate change initiative Biologist Minda Berbeco joins NCSE to expand its climate change education initiative. Berbeco comes to NCSE from UC Davis, where she was a post-doctoral scholar conducting research on climate change and agriculture. An expert on…

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