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Congratulations to Carl Zimmer
Carl ZimmerNCSE offers its congratulations to Carl Zimmer for winning the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for 2012 in the large newspaper category. Zimmer will receive $3000 and a plaque at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston in February 2013, in recognition of three articles on…
Molleen Matsumura dies
Molleen MatsumuraMolleen Matsumura, a former employee of NCSE, died on October 30, 2012, at the age of 64. Born in Riverside, California, on May 1, 1948, Matsumura earned a B.A. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970. Starting in 1981, she was a senior editor for the…
Congratulations to J. William Schopf
J. William SchopfNCSE is delighted to congratulate J. William Schopf on receiving the Paleontological Society Medal, the most prestigious honor bestowed by the Paleontological Society, on November 4, 2012, at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting. A life member of NCSE, Schopf is…
Freshwater case in Church & State
The Freshwater case is featured in the November 2012 issue of Church & State, the magazine of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In his article, Rob Boston reviews the complicated course of the case, starting in Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 2007: "The Dennis family’s problems began…
A preview of Storms of My Grandchildren
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of James Hansen's Storms of My Grandchildren (New York: Bloomsbury, 2009). The preview consists of the first half of chapter 7, "Is There Still Time? A Tribute to Charles Keeling," discussing the events leading up to Hansen's famous talk (PDF) at the…
RNCSE 32:5 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 32, number 5 — features Minda Berbeco's "The Butterfly Effect," reporting on butterflies and climate change, and Jere H. Lipps's "A Thrilling Chase…
"Changing Planet: Past, Present, Future"
Has Earth changed over deep time? How did Earth shape life and life shape Earth? What does Earth's climate in the distant past tell us about the future? These are the questions that Andrew H. Knoll, Naomi Oreskes, and Daniel P. Schrag will be answering in "Changing Planet: Past, Present, Future,"…
Climate of Doubt on-line
Climate of Doubt, the Frontline documentary on the promulgation of climate change denial that aired on October 23, 2012, is now available on-line. The documentary focuses on how, over the last four years, climate change deniers mobilized, framed their tactics, and undermined public and political…
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…

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