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Francis Crick Dies
Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, died on July 28, 2004, in San Diego, at the age of 88. Crick is probably most famous for discovering the structure of DNA in 1953 in collaboration with James D. Watson. At the time, the chemical basis of the gene was not understood. Only…
Why Intelligent Design Fails
Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism, edited by Matt Young and Taner Edis, is now available. Endorsements "This book is a readable and devastating scientific analysis of intelligent design creationism. ... unlike ID's proponents, these…
ASB adds its Voice for Evolution
NCSE is pleased to announce a further addition to Voices for Evolution: a statement from the Association of Southeastern Biologists, reading in part: "[S]ince neither creationism nor intelligent design is a scientific endeavor, we oppose any attempts to insert them into the science curricula of…
Awards for Brush and Morrison
NCSE is proud and delighted to congratulate Stephen G. Brush and David Morrison -- both members of NCSE -- on their recent prestigious awards. Stephen G. Brush, Distinguished University Professor of the History of Science at the University of Maryland and a Supporter of NCSE, was named as the…
Teaching creationism in public schools authorized in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
by Nick Matzke Controvery erupted in Brazil recently after the governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Rosinha Mateus, authorized the teaching of creationism in public schools and declared in an interview in the Brazilian newspaper The Globe, "I do not believe in the evolution of species…
Darby board rejects "objective origins"
On July 5, 2004, the school board in Darby, Montana voted 3-2 not to adopt a proposed "objective origins policy" on its second reading. The policy had been tentatively approved on February 2 at its first reading, but is now rejected. The proposal sparked intense local controversy and national…
Happy birthday, Professor Mayr!
The eminent evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr -- whom NCSE is proud to have among its members -- celebrates his 100th birthday on July 5. Writing in the July 2 issue of Science, he reflects on his eighty years of "watching the evolutionary scenery," from his education in Germany through the…
Alberts and Labov on teaching evolution
Bruce Alberts, president of the National Academies, and Jay Labov of the Center for Education at the National Research Council have written an article on "Teaching the Science of Evolution," which appears in the current issue of the journal Cell Biology Education. Alberts and Labov write…
Ayala on Teaching Science
In the latest American Scientist, Francisco J. Ayala -- University Professor and the Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine; president of the scientific research society Sigma Xi; and supporter of NCSE -- calls for the improvement of science…

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