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Use Sunscreen, and Use Your Brains

Title: 
Use Sunscreen, and Use Your Brains
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4

Graduates, parents, distinguished faculty and guests ... but especially graduates, because a graduation should be all about you.

Year: 
2010
Date: 
July-August
Page(s): 
16
About the Author(s): 

Eugenie C Scott is NCSE's Executive Director

AUTHOR’S ADDRESS
Eugenie C Scott
NCSE
PO Box 9477
Berkeley CA 94709-0477

scott@ncse.com
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Project Steve

NCSE's "Project Steve" is a tongue-in-cheek parody of a long-standing creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists who doubt evolution" or "scientists who dissent from Darwinism."

Want to be an NCSE Steve?

How to Become one of our Steves!

Are you tired of being ignored by your colleagues at professional meetings?
Do your students yawn every time you begin a lecture?
Do neighbors not invite you to cocktail parties anymore because you always talk about dermestid beetles?
Well, my friend, you have the power to put a stop to that today simply by becoming an NCSE Steve. Why settle for being just another Jonathan, Michael, or William when you can be what you've always dreamed of being ... an NCSE Steve.

The List of Steves

Meet the Steves

As of May 14, 2013, 1273 Steves have signed the statement. Will you be the next Steve?



Stephen T. Abedon
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Ohio State University
Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Arizona
Creator of The Bacteriophage Ecology Group, Home of Phage Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (www.phage.org)



Steve Abel******

Project Steve: the Press Release

Embargoed till February 16, 2003

TEACH EVOLUTION!

Over two hundred scientists named Steve agree

Denver, Colorado, February 16, 2003 -- A first-of-its-kind statement on evolution signed by over 200 scientists was unveiled today at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual convention in Denver, Colorado, following Lawrence Krauss's topical lecture entitled "Scientific Ignorance as a Way of Life: From Science Fiction in Washington to Intelligent Design in the Classroom." The statement -- sponsored by the Natio

Project Steve FAQ

Project Steve: FAQs

Is this for real?

Yes. The signatories of the Project Steve statement are indeed 220 (and counting — 1204 as of April 13, 2012) scientists, whose degrees and institutions are as represented, who have indicated their agreement with and endorsement of the statement, and who have consented for their names to be used. Consult the Steve-o-meter for the current number and the latest Steve to join the list.
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