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Robert Luhn
02.25.2009

Project Steve: n > 1000

Steve Darwin: The 1000th SteveSteve Darwin: The 1000th Steve

With the addition of Steve #1000 on February 12, 2009, NCSE's Project Steve attained the kilosteve mark. A tongue-in-cheek parody of the long-standing creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists who doubt evolution" or "scientists who dissent from Darwinism," Project Steve mocks such lists by restricting its signatories to scientists whose first name is Steve.

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Robert Luhn
02.25.2009

New book, free chapter!

Want to own a piece of Evolution vs. Creationism, 2nd Edition? Now's your chance. For a limited time, we've posted a sample chapter from the book in PDF. It's yours to download, read, print out, and share with others.

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Glenn Branch
02.20.2009

Call for Papers: Teaching Evolution in the Classroom

The Journal of Effective Teaching, a peer-reviewed electronic journal devoted to the discussion of teaching excellence in colleges and universities, is calling (PDF) for papers for a special issue on the teaching of evolution in a university setting.

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Glenn Branch
02.17.2009

Antievolution legislation in Missouri

House Bill 656, introduced in the Missouri House of Representatives on February 10, 2009, and not yet referred to a committee, is the latest antievolution "academic freedom" bill.

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Glenn Branch
02.17.2009

Major biology conference shuns Louisiana

The executive committee of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology decided not to hold any future meetings in New Orleans owing to "the official position of the state in weakening science education and specifically attacking evolution in science curricula," according to a February 5, 2009, letter (PDF) from SICB's president, Richard Satterlie, to Louisiana's governor Bobby Jindal.

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