NEWS
- Texas Education Official Forced to
Resign Over Evolution
Glenn Branch
Chris Comer, a veteran state science administrator, was not sufficiently "neutral" regarding evolution and creationism. - A Sorry State of Affairs
Barbara Forrest
Chris Comer had forwarded an e-mail from NCSE announcing a talk on ID by Barbara Forrest. The TEA reaction proves the point of her talk. - The E-mail That Ended a Career
Glenn Branch
Hundreds of e-mails are sent from NCSE on a regular basis. Why did this one cause so much trouble? - Explore Evolution: Notes from the Field
Louise S Mead
The newest entry in the "intelligent design" salvo is released.No surprises: both the science and the pedagogy are subpar. - The German Anti-Darwin Industry:
Twentieth Anniversary of a Multi-Media Business
Ulrich Kutschera
German anti-evolutionists celebrate the 20th anniversary of their premiere publication — now with multi-media support. - Science, Evolution, and Creationism:
A Welcome Defense of Evolution
Glenn Branch
The National Academy of Sciences releases a new, updated, and expanded version of its classic publication. - A New Standard in Florida: Evolution is
Fundamental
Glenn Branch
The process of adopting new standards for science education in Florida was contentious, but the "e-word" will now appear in the state science standards. - Updates
News from California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Texas, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
NCSE NEWS
- News from the Membership
Glenn Branch
What our members are doing to support evolution and oppose pseudoscience wherever the need arises. - NCSE's New Logo
Carrie Sager
The familiar "squashed spider" has been replaced.
MEMBERS' PAGES
- Reactions from the Press
Chris Comer's forced resignation generated editorial comments across the country. Here is a sampling. - Books: Stand Up for Human Evolution
Books about the biological history of humans and other primates. - NCSE On the Road
Check the calendar here for NCSE speakers.
ARTICLE
- The Mysterious "Spheres" of Ottosdal, South Africa
Paul V Heinrich
A closer examination of supposedly inexplicable objects shows that they are neither as they were described nor all that mysterious ... to a competent geologist.
BOOK REVIEWS
- Worlds of Their Own
by Robert Schadewald
Reviewed by David Morrison - Science, Evolution, and Creationism
by the National Academy of Sciences
and Institute of Medicine
Reviewed by David C Kopaska-Merkel - Origins: A Reformed Look at Creation, Design, &
Evolution
by Deborah B Haarsma and Loren D Haarsma
Reviewed by Rebecca J Flietstra - The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate
Forensic Record of Evolution by Sean B Carroll
Reviewed by Louise S Mead