Science Is Constantly Evolving

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America’s Unwillingness to Accept Evolution En Masse is...Complicated, Part 2
As explained in part 1, we’re having a roundtable discussion of Joseph T. Spadafino’s “Americans’ Unwillingness to Accept Evolution En Masse Is a Failure of Science Education,” posted at (although later withdrawn from) the Huffington Post. Joining me are Ian Binns (elementary science educator and…
Friend of the Planet: Katherine Hayhoe
In December 2011, talk radio mogul and sometime drug addict Rush Limbaugh decided to rile up his listeners by announcing “Newt Teams Up With Climate Babe Hayhoe for New Book” (referring, first, to serial philanderer and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and then to Texas Tech professor…
Evolution pros, crusading scientist/writers, a climate change evangelist, and an artist are honored by NCSE
NCSE recognizes Donald Prothero, Katharine Hayhoe, Dana Nuccitelli, John Abraham, Andrew J. Petto, Paula Spence, and Skeptical Science for their tireless work defending and promoting science education. In our modern, Internet-drenched world, misinformation travels at the speed of light…
Friends of the Planet: John Abraham & Dana Nuccitelli
When you think of warriors against science denial, many names probably come to mind. Two of NCSE’s favorites are our 2016 Friend of the Planet award winners: professor John Abraham, and environmental scientist Dana Nuccitelli. Collectively their actions have pushed back against rampant…
America’s Unwillingness to Accept Evolution En Masse is...Complicated, Part 1
A couple of weeks ago, I was strolling through an airport on my way to visit friends in D.C. when I spotted a tweet by Amanda Glaze (@EvoPhD) regarding a post on the HuffPost Education blog about evolution education. Amanda wrote: “I would have loved to have been consulted on this piece, or…
Answer Monday
It’s Gogia spiralis! Shaped like a vase, or a bowling pin, or a pineapple, with five curly arms on top, G. spiralis fossils hail from North American strata dating to the early to middle Cambrian. They’re distant and of course ancient cousins to today’s…
Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet awards for 2016
NCSE is pleased to announce the winners of the Friend of Darwin award for 2016: Andrew J. Petto, a physical anthropologist, who formerly served on NCSE's board of directors and as the editor of Reports of the National Center for Science Education; Donald R. Prothero, a paleontologist…
What We’re Reading
A hallmark of science, of course, is that new data may always emerge that challenge accepted conclusions (why, just last week, we discussed such “unknown unknowns”). However, the more robust the conclusion, the more likely that new and unexpected data will serve to reinforce, not discredit it. And…
A Slap on the Wrist for Creationism
Creationist effort results in windfall for group defending the teaching of evolution Fiyyaz Pirani was perplexed. As the CEO of RapidWristbands.com, he was pleased to receive a massive order for over a hundred thousand wristbands. But as a socially responsible entrepreneur, he was not…

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