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Royal Society President slams "intelligent design"
Lord May of Oxford, the president of the Royal Society of London, criticized "intelligent design" -- which he described as a "disguised variant" of creationism -- in the course of his fifth and final anniversary address to the Society on November 30, 2005. His address was webcast [Link…
The Biophysical Society endorses evolution education
On November 5, 2005, the Biophysical Society adopted a new statement on the teaching of evolution and "intelligent design." "What distinguishes scientific theories from these theological beliefs ["intelligent design" and biblical creationism] is the scientific method, which is driven by…
Darwin on the cover of Newsweek
  A photograph of Charles Darwin in his old age adorns the cover of the November 28, 2005, issue of Newsweek, with the headline "The Real Darwin: His Private Views on Science & God." Within the magazine, in his article "Charles Darwin: Evolution of a Scientist," Jerry Adler…
Krauthammer assails "intelligent design"
"Intelligent design" is the target of Charles Krauthammer's op-ed column "Phony Theory, False Conflict" in the Washington Post (November 18, 2005), and no punches are pulled. Describing the fight over evolution as "so anachronistic and retrograde as to be a national embarrassment,"…
Catching up with the literature
Between the tide of expert reports, depositions, testimony, articles, and editorials produced in the course of the trial in Kitzmiller v. Dover -- all available via a special section of NCSE's website -- and the flood of articles and editorials provoked by the Kansas state board of…
Dover voters choose good science at polls
  Just days after the close of testimony in Kitzmiller v. Dover, the first legal challenge to the constitutionality of teaching "intelligent design" in the public schools, the Dover electorate voiced its opinion at the ballot box in the November 8, 2005, election. Opposing eight pro…
Salzberg on evolution and the flu
  Steven Salzberg's ophttp://articles.philly.com/2005-11-02/news/25432448_1_h5n1-flu-strain-bird-flu-ed "Bird flu, Bush, evolution -- and us" appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer (November 2, 2005). Alluding to President Bush's recent call for the nation to prepare for a possible…
Innovation in evolution education
A variety of innovative resources and strategies for improving evolution education -- from the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Steven D. Verhey of Central Washington University, and David Sloan Wilson of Binghamton University -- deserve a…
MSTA denounces antievolution legislation
The Michigan Science Teachers Association issued a statement denouncing House Bill 5251 in the Michigan legislature, which if enacted would require the state board of education to revise the state science standards to ensure that students will be able to "(a) use the scientific method to…

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