Science Is Constantly Evolving

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Attention, teachers!
John Thomas Scopes Three exciting opportunities for teachers for the month of October, in the form of two webcast symposia on human evolution and a chance to have a visit from the Darwin Day Roadshow! First, Bones, Stones, and Genes: The Origin of Modern Humans — the Howard…
A new poll on evolution and climate change
A new poll asked respondents about their views on evolution and climate change, what they regard the scientific consensus on those topics to be, and whether it matters to them whether candidates for president share their views. The poll (PDF) was designed and conducted by the Public Religion…
The winners of NCSE's bumper sticker contest
We asked you to submit your ideas for a new NCSE bumper sticker, to speak loud, speak proud, for evolution — and by golly you did. NCSE headquarters was flooded with almost 550 entries from almost 150 people, including sixty entries from a single indefatigable sloganeer. After days of statistical…
A call to ban creationism in British schools
A group of scientists in the United Kingdom is calling for a "statutory and enforceable" ban on teaching creationism in Britain's publicly funded schools, as well as for evolution to be included "at both primary and secondary levels in the National Curriculum and in all schools." Among the…
A new CNN/ORC poll on evolution
A new CNN/ORC poll included a question about evolution, with few surprises in the results. Asked "Do you believe that the theory of evolution is definitely true, probably true, probably false, or definitely false," 21% of respondents favored definitely true, 36% favored probably true, 16% favored…
Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences adds its voice for evolution
The chorus of support for the teaching of evolution continues, with a statement from the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, "the unified voice for earth science in Canada." "Creationism and ["intelligent design"] do not qualify as science, because the scientific method is not deployed and…
The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach
The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach — the new journal promoting the accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience — is now published. The theme for the issue (volume 4, number 3) is Material Cultural Evolution, edited by Anna…
A glimpse of The Species Seekers
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Richard Conniff's The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth (W. W. Norton, 2011). The preview consists of chapter 11 — "'Am I Not a Man and a Brother?'" — in which Conniff discusses "the anxiety inspired by…
A landmark for NCSE's YouTube channel
Eugenie C. ScottOver the Labor Day weekend, NCSE's YouTube channel achieved a landmark: its millionth view. Debuting in February 2009, NCSE's Youtube channel now contains over 220 videos, including presentations by and interviews of members of NCSE's staff, testimony before the…

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