NEWS
- Evolution Comes to Florida's Science Standards
Joshua Rosenau
The progress, detours, and final destination of the new science education standards in Florida. - Anti-Evolution Legislation in the Bayou State
Eugenie C Scott and Glenn Branch
In Louisiana, where they never seem to learn from the past,"academic freedom" anti-evolution legislation appears headed for a floor vote. - A Setback for the ICR in Texas
Glenn Branch
When the Institute for Creation Research resettled in Dallas recently, it needed to have its graduate program reaccredited. But its master's degree program in science education was recently denied certification by Texas education officials. - Updates
News from Alabama,Arizona, California, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Northern Marianas Islands, Ohio, and Texas.
NCSE NEWS
- News from the Membership
What our members are doing to support evolution and oppose pseudoscience wherever the need arises. - NCSE Thanks You
Our members, friends, and supporters are generous with their money, as well as with their time and talents. A special thank you for those who gave a little extra.
MEMBERS' PAGES
- Critical Analysis for Real
Andrew J Petto
Citical analysis beyond the anti-evolution slogans. - Books: Dreaming of a White Kitzmas
Books about the Kitzmiller trial and from the expert witnesses for the plaintiffs. - NCSE On the Road
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FEATURES
- The OOPSIE Compromise — A Big Mistake
Eugenie C Scott and Glenn Branch
When some parents object to evolution in the science curriculum, schools are often tempted to let their children "opt out" of that portion of the course. Here is why that is a bad idea. - Hacking and I
Glenn Branch
When a book reviewer separates today's "anti-Darwinists" from their creationist roots, Glenn Branch sets him straight.
BOOK REVIEWS
- A Natural History of Time
by Pascal Richet
Reviewed by G Brent Dalrymple - Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of
Imagining Strange Lands, Advanced Civilizations,
and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface
by David Standish
Reviewed by Ken Feder - Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion
by Francisco Ayala
Reviewed by Michael R Dietrich - In the Beginning: Fundamentalism,
The Scopes Trial, and the Making of the
Antievolution Movement
by Michael Lienesch
Reviewed by Kevin C Armitage - Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins
by Carl Zimmer
Reviewed by Pat Shipman - The Wonderful Adventures of Nat Selleck and
Eva Lou Shinn in Sci Fi Land: A Spoof on Evolution
and Natural Selection
by A Nonimous
Reviewed by Nicolaas Rupke