NEWS
- Texas Science Standards and March Madness: Did We Win or Lose?
Steven Schafersman
As the dust settles, activists in Texas review the outcome of interactions between the hard-line antiscience faction and moderate board members. - Testimony Before the Texas State Board of
Education
Joshua Rosenau
NCSE's Public Information Project Director makes clear to the board the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed compromises to science education standards. - Collapse of a Texas Quote Mine
Jeremy Mohn
Much of the antiscience "evidence" in Texas relied on quote mining. Further analysis suggests that the quoter never read the original work, only misleading secondary sources. - Changes in the Texas State Science Standards
A summary of the various amendments and their dispositions. - McLeroy Under Scrutiny
Is the role of the chair of a state board of education to undermine science education? - The January Amendments
Steven Newton, Joshua Rosenau, and Eugenie C Scott
The first — but not the last — salvo of the attack on the science education dtandards produced by the science writing committee: an analysis. - Updates
News from California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Canada, and Turkey.
NCSE NEWS
- News from the Membership
What our members are doing to support evolution and oppose pseudoscience wherever the need arises. - New Faces at NCSE
Glenn Branch
Meet the new staff and say farewell to old friends. - NCSE Honors "Friends of Darwin" for 2005
Glenn Branch
We recognize outstanding efforts in promoting evolution. - The Kilosteve
Glenn Branch
Project Steve's 1000th "Steve" is Steven P Darwin.
MEMBERS' PAGES
- Facing Challenges to Evolution Education
A classic NCSE brochure from Molleen Matsumura that is still relevant to 21st-century anti-evolutionism. - Books: From NCSE's Supporters
These books show the breadth and depth of the science that supports evolution and that our Supporters practice. - NCSE On the Road
Check the calendar here for NCSE speakers.
SPECIAL FEATURE
- People & Places: Dayton,Tennessee
Randy Moore
Famous for the Scopes trial, Dayton has preserved numerous landmarks from the events in 1925.
BOOK REVIEWS
- Evolution and Religious Creation Myths: How Scientists Respond
by Paul F Lurquin and Linda Stone
Reviewed by Randy Moore - Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
by Donald R Prothero
Reviewed by Peter Dodson - Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul
by Kenneth R Miller
Reviewed by Andrea Bottaro - Rebel Giants
by David R Contosta
Reviewed by Sherrie Lyons - Adam's Ancestors: Race, Religion, and the Politics of Human Origins
by David N Livingstone
Reviewed by J David Pleins - God or Gorilla: Images of Evolution in the Jazz Age
by Constance Areson Clark
Reviewed by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette - Why Evolution is True
by Jerry Coyne
Reviewed by Donald R Prothero - Trying Leviathan
by D Graham Burnett
Reviewed by Arthur M Shapiro - Worlds before Adam:The Reconstruction of
Geohistory in the Age of Reform
by Martin JS Rudwick
Reviewed by Paul D Brinkman