Science Is Constantly Evolving
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In my previous post, I described research by Deborah Kelemen showing that even young children could grasp counterintuitive evolutionary concepts—a finding that suggests that evolution should be taught long before high school. Kelemen’s work suggests that evolution’s counterintuitive nature is one…
The Science Booster Club Project has just funded its first series of teacher grants. Here’s the story of Lee Falkana, the science teacher at an alternative high school in Muscatine, Iowa. He used our grant to buy some basic scientific equipment. You might ask how this helps NCSE impact evolution…
I like the idea of Giving Tuesday—a little, one-day noodge in the middle of the holiday gift-giving spree to think about devoting some of our resources to the causes we hold near and dear. I’ve gotten reminders from many of the organizations I regularly support, and you probably have too. But that…
Everyone is abuzz about Cop21 this week in Paris. Will the gathering countries make serious commitments to address climate change? What would a world committed to change look like? Where can you get the finest croissant while dodging the many protestors? There is no question, this is big news.…
Yes, it’s Opabinia! Stephan Jay Gould was so taken with it that he was considering calling Wonderful Life (1990), his book about the Cambrian fauna of the Burgess shale, Homage to Opabinia. Not so long ago in a comment here, John Harshman,…
Last week I said that “What We’re Reading” was going to take a break for Black Friday. But have you seen how crowded the stores are? (You could shop on-line, of course, and—ahem—take a moment to benefit NCSE by shopping at AmazonSmile. Unlike these fellows, who are reading on a different…
If you are shopping on-line on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, please consider supporting NCSE through AmazonSmile. When you make a purchase via http://smile.amazon.com/ch/11-2656357, NCSE receives 0.5% of the price (for eligible purchases). And if you're feeling especially generous, make a…
In chapter 19 of Being as Communion (2014), the “intelligent design” promoter William A. Dembski returns to METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL, a string of letters that owes its fame to The Blind Watchmaker (1986), by Richard Dawkins with additional dialogue by William Shakespeare.…