NEWS
- Penn Kicks Off Year of Evolution
A year-long exhibit in Philadelphia engages the resources of many science and education organizations for a bicentennial celebration of the meaning of Darwin's work for modern biology. - Harun Yahya's Legal Troubles
Taner Edis
Like Al Capone with the IRS, this icon of Islamic creationism is in prison on charges unrelated to the activity that makes him famous. - Updates
News from Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,Texas, Germany, and Turkey.
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
- A North American Field Guide: Identifying Anti-evolutionistii stealthus
Cheryl Shepherd-Adams
How can we spot a candidate or public official who is trying to keep his or her anti-evolutionism "under the radar"? Cheryl Shepherd-Adams allowed us to reprint these hints from her blog. - Books: Mass Extinction is Forever
Life has not always been easy on planet earth. Read about major setbacks in the history of life. - NCSE On the Road
Check the calendar here for NCSE speakers.
ARTICLES
- Creationism Slips Into a Peer-Reviewed Journal
Steven L Salzberg
When a review article in Proteomics was previewed on-line, a number of readers noticed something peculiar.There were a number of creationist re-interpretations of data as well as what appeared to be extensive plagiarism.
FEATURES
- Good, Bad, and Lots of Indifferent: The State of State
K–12 Science Education Standards
Lawrence S Lerner
A number of state science education standards underwent revisions in the last few years. Some did better, some did worse, and some belong in a category all their own.
BOOK REVIEWS
- Teaching About Scientific Origins: Taking Account
of Creationism
edited by Leslie S Jones and Michael Reiss
Reviewed by Kimberly Bilica - Creation and Evolution: A Conference with Pope
Benedict XVI in Castel Gandolfo
compiled by Stephan Otto Horn and Siegfried
Wiedenhofer
Reviewed by Daryl P Domning - The Evolving World: Evolution in Everyday Life
by David P Mindell
Reviewed by Andrew J Petto - Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual
Foundations of Evolutionary Biology
by Massimo Pigliucci and Jonathan Kaplan
Reviewed by Roberta L Millstein