Science Is Constantly Evolving

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Two Oklahoma departments of biology add their voice for evolution
The chorus of support for the teaching of evolution continues, with statements from two biology departments at universities in Oklahoma. The Department of Biology at the University of Central Oklahoma's statement in part reads (PDF), "Evolution is defined simply as the change in allele…
"Democracy and Science"
Barbara Forrest, Philip Kitcher, and Michael Ruse are among the scholars contributing to a symposium on "Democracy and Science" published in the journal Logos — which seeks to foster a critical dialogue on modern politics, culture, and society — and available on-line. Forrest, in "Rejecting the…
A preview of Creation
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Adam Rutherford's Creation: How Science is Reinventing Life Itself (Current/Penguin, 2013). The preview consists of chapter 3, "Hell on Earth," in which Rutherford describes the early geology of the earth — "a picture of the Hadean earth is crucial…
Balanced Treatment Act remains on the books
Louisiana's Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act remains on the books, after the Senate and the House of Representatives agreed to adopt a version of Senate Bill 205 lacking a provision repealing the act. The Balanced Treatment Act — not to be confused with the so-…
Help wanted: executive director
NCSE is seeking to hire a new executive director to replace Eugenie C. Scott, who is retiring after more than twenty-six years at NCSE's helm. Duties will include serving as the public face of NCSE — its primary representative to the public, the press, and NCSE's allies — and serving as the chief…
RNCSE 33:3 now on-line
NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line. The issue — volume 33, number 3 — features Robert J. Raikow and Radmila Raikow's article "Transitional Forms" and Courtney St. John's "Climate Change Adaptation:…
"Climate science is core to science education"
The American Meteorological Society, in a policy statement adopted on May 23, 2013, affirmed the importance of climate science to science education. The AMS criticized attempts to undermine the teaching of climate change "by those seeking to frame it as somehow different from other scientific…
A glimpse of The Dawn of the Deed
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of John A. Long's The Dawn of the Deed: The Prehistoric Origins of Sex (University of Chicago Press, 2012). The preview consists of chapter 8, "At the Dawn of Archaic Sex," in which Long asks, "So when and why did organisms first start reproducing by…
NCSE's Scott honored by Chapman University
Eugenie C. ScottNCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Chapman University in recognition of her "work ... in advancing the public understanding and acceptance of evolution." She accepted the honor, and gave a commencement…

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