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The return of Stick Science
Stick Science — the science cartoon contest sponsored by Florida Citizens for Science, a grassroots organization defending and promoting the integrity of science education in Florida — is back! At the FCFS blog (August 1, 2010), Brandon Haught explains, "The basic concept here is to draw a cartoon…
Reflections on the Scopes trial from HNN
The History News Network commemorated the eighty-fifth anniversary of the Scopes trial — which ended on July 21, 1925 — by commissioning two essays to mark the occasion. In his essay, David N. Reznick, a professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside, and author of The Origin…
NCSE's Grand Canyon Trip 2010
July 1 - 9, 2010 Standing (left to right): Ken Miller, Dave Westmoreland, Alan Meyer, Zeb Hanley, Steve Baldwin, Jessica Laucher, Bob Elgin, Dustin Hayhurst, Sally Elgin, Jerry Robertson, Bruce Millies, Joanne Sites, Jack Sites, Randy Moore, Alan Gishlick, Dave Matchen, Sharon…
American Academy of Religion on teaching creationism
It is wrong to teach creation science or intelligent design in the science classroom, according to the American Academy of Religion. In its "Guidelines for Teaching About Religion in K‐12 Public Schools in the United States," issued in April 2010, the Academy poses the question "Can creation…
Forrest blasts the LSEA
Barbara ForrestWriting in the Shreveport Times (July 18, 2010), Barbara Forrest blasted the Louisiana Science Education Act, which opened the door for creationism to be taught in the state's public schools. Responding to the executive director of the Louisiana Family Forum, who in…
What's new on NCSE's YouTube channel
Eugenie C. ScottNCSE is pleased to announce that a further batch of videos featuring NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott is now available at NCSE's YouTube channel. Featured is "The Evolution of Creationism" (in three parts), recorded at North Dakota State University in…
Polling evolution in three countries
A new poll indicates that public acceptance of evolution is significantly higher in Great Britain and Canada than in the United States. The poll, conducted by Angus Reid Public Opinion, asked (PDF), "Which of these statements comes closest to your own point of view regarding the origin and…
Catching up with RNCSE
Selected content from volume 30, numbers 1-2, of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on NCSE's website. Featured are NCSE executive director Eugenie C. Scott's analysis of the recent edition of the Origin of Species disfigured by a creationist introduction and…
A preview of Life Ascending
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview of Nick Lane's Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution (W. W. Norton, 2009) — featuring the chapter "Hot Blood: Breaking the Energy Barrier." Lane writes (PDF), "hot blood exacts a cruel toll. It spells a short life, spent eating dangerously.…

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