Science Is Constantly Evolving
Discover the latest in climate change and evolution education news.
The sun has set on "Fossil Friday", but it is rising on a new type of historical dig on our blog. A virtual scavenger hunt if you will. Working on the transition to our new website, I got to take a deep dive into NCSE’s dark internet archives – and wowie kazowie there is a lot there! I was…
The other day I was waiting at a bus stop in downtown L.A. during a scorching heat wave, when a young man sat down next to me and wiped the sweat from his brow. Noticing my own sweating, I turned to him and said, “This is gross; climate change is too real, man.” He chuckled, nodded, and told me…
David Baum, a biologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, corresponded with NCSE staff about a challenge he and his colleagues faced. He shared this account of his experience trying to publish research which, in part, attempted to put certain creationist claims to the test. Why…
NCSE is pleased to announce the addition of Ann Reid's talk "Science Class is for Science, Right? Think Again," delivered at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, on March 31, 2016, to NCSE's YouTube channel. It's just one of the latest of hundreds of videos…
It appears I’m in the mood for classics lately…or maybe it’s the researchers who are? I recently took to the blog to discuss the discovery of the jumping gene mutation responsible for turning white peppered moths black. Right on its heels has come another insight into the mutations responsible for…
A strange feature of Frank E. Allen’s Evolution in the Balances (1926), which I have discussed here at the Science League of America before (here and here), is the clash in the introduction of a discussion of the meaning of “evolution” with a passage from the chief justice of the Ohio…
Our fellow exhibitors at the Linn County Fair were busy setting up their booths. As I set out our boxes, one of my interns approached me. “Where have you brought us?” she demanded in a whisper, a wild look in her eyes. I looked around. Our booth was conveniently sandwiched between not one…
Here at NCSE, we talk a lot about the people who reject climate change science, how they are threatening science education, and what we can do to ensure teachers have the support they need to teach the science. What we don’t always discuss is why people reject climate change…
Last week it was Happy Father's Day! This week, it's happy Full Moon Solstice! Find out just how rare it is that there's a full moon on the longest day of the year below. We've also got some politics, some scary clams, and—wait for it—hobbits. Quite a week. Bill Would Establish Climate Change…