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Climate change in the American mind: September 2012
Encouraging news about the level of public acceptance of climate change in the United States is at hand. The executive summary of Climate Change in the American Mind: Americans' Global Warming Beliefs and Attitudes in September 2012 reports (PDF), "For the first time since 2008, more than half of…
NCSE on Facebook: n > 20,000
A milestone: there are now over 20,000 fans of NCSE's Facebook page. Why not join them, by visiting the page and becoming a fan by clicking on the "Like" box by NCSE's name? You'll receive the latest NCSE news delivered straight to your Facebook Home page, as well as updates on evolution-related…
A preview of Evolution: Making Sense of Life
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Carl Zimmer and Douglas J. Emlen's Evolution: Making Sense of Life (Roberts & Company, 2013). The preview consists of chapter 8, "Natural Selection: Empirical Studies in the Wild," in which Zimmer and Emlen "consider a wide range of studies on…
Dr Pepper and Mr. Nye
Writing at the Huffington Post (October 5, 2012), NCSE's Steven Newton mused on the latest incidents to provoke tirades from creationists. Discussing the reactions to a Dr Pepper advertisement featuring a march-of-progress theme and to NCSE Supporter Bill Nye's video warning about the effects of…
NCSE files amicus in Freshwater appeal
By providing a friend-of-the-court brief (PDF) to Ohio's Supreme Court on October 4, 2012, NCSE is again supporting a local school district that fired a middle school science teacher over his inappropriate religious activity in the classroom — including teaching creationism. The case is John…
The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach
The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach — the new journal promoting the accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience — is now published. The theme for the issue (volume 5, number 3), edited by Antonio Lazcano, is the origin and early…
Polling climate change in thirteen countries
A recent survey (PDF) surveyed public opinion about climate change in thirteen countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The survey found (PDF) that "[t]he reality of climate change is…
Santer joins NCSE board of directors
Benjamin D. SanterNCSE is pleased to announce the addition of Benjamin D. Santer, a noted climate researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to its board of directors. Santer, who has devoted years to identifying the role humans play in climate change, will advise NCSE on its new…
Leading Climatologist Joins NCSE Board
Climate change expert Ben Santer joins forces with NCSE Dr. Benjamin D. Santer, a noted climate researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has joined NCSE's board of directors. Santer, who has devoted years to identifying the role humans play in climate change, will advise…

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