Science Is Constantly Evolving

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"An Evolving Controversy"
Will a new generation of science standards improve the teaching of science? Writing in the summer 2012 issue of American Educator, Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer, the Pennsylvania State University political science professors who coauthored Evolution, Creationism, and the Battle to Control…
Polling climate change in three countries
"While a majority of Canadians say that climate change is a fact and is caused by emissions, only two-in-five Americans and Britons concur," according to a June 27, 2012, press release from Angus Reid Public Opinion. Respondents were asked, "Which of the following statements comes closest to your…
Court dismisses attacks on climate science
A federal court rejected a claim that the evidence for climate change is too uncertain for the United States government to act on it. The case, Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc., et al., v. EPA, involved a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's implementation of the Clean Air…
A preview of The Rocks Don't Lie
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of David R. Montgomery's The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood (W. W. Norton, 2012). The preview consists of chapter 2, "A Grand Canyon," in which Montgomery considers the flood geology book Grand Canyon: A Different View. "The…
NCSE's Newton on creationism and climate change denial
"What do creationists and climate change deniers have in common?" asks NCSE's Steven Newton, writing in the May 2012 issue of the American Geoscience Institute's magazine, Earth. "The answer to the riddle is that creationists and climate change deniers have a lot in common — most especially in…
Help wanted: climate
NCSE is seeking to hire a second staff member to work on its new climate change initiative, which seeks to defend and support the teaching of climate change. Duties will include: counseling teachers, administrators, parents, and other concerned citizens facing challenges to climate change…
Evolution coming early to England
Evolution is to be added to the primary national curriculum in England, gratifying scientists and educators who have been campaigning for its addition over the last three years. In 2009, the British Humanist Association coordinated a letter (PDF) from top scientists and science educators in…
RNCSE 32:3 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 3 — is a special book review issue, with a double helping of reviews of books on the evolutionary sciences. For his regular People and…
Thinking Evolutionarily
How can evolution be integrated throughout life science education? Thinking Evolutionarily, a new publication from the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences, reports on a recent meeting that addressed this vital question. According to the National Academy Press's…

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