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Congratulations to ACE, 2015 Friend of the Planet Winner
    When educators tell me about the challenges they experience in teaching climate change, what they lament is not the complexity of the material, or the political pushback, but rather the depressing nature of the topic. The implications of climate change are enormous, the obstacles…
Congratulations to Naomi Oreskes, 2015 Friend of the Planet Winner
I first learned about science historian Naomi Oreskes in 2004, when she published a paper in Science documenting the scope of the scientific consensus behind climate change. She and her research assistants surveyed the scientific literature to that date, categorizing which papers…
Attention, filmmakers!
Scientists and science educators of all stripes — students, postdocs, faculty, and full- or part-time science communicators — are invited to enter the Fifth Annual Evolution Video Competition, sponsored by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the…
AFT adds its voice for evolution
The chorus of support for the teaching of evolution continues, with a statement from the American Federation of Teachers, adopted in 2014. In its statement, the AFT observes that "biological evolution is a fundamental underpinning of modern biological thought and research and is not…
In Israel, Will Creationists Reign?
While discussion of Israeli elections has largely (and reasonably) focused on the different parties’ views on the occupation of Palestine and the prospect of war with Iran, the ongoing effort to craft a coalition government may carry risks for science education, too. Ha’aretz asked the…
Misconception Monday: Gimme a B! Now Gimme a b!
It’s getting harder and harder to come up with new misconceptions to cover here. Not because there aren’t more out there, but because misconceptions about evolution overlap significantly and we’ve covered enough of them now that finding one in virgin territory is getting more and more difficult.…
Stars of Science, History, Education Honored by NCSE
NCSE recognizes Neil Shubin, Naomi Oreskes, Ronald Numbers, Greg Craven, and the Alliance for Climate Education for their tireless work defending and promoting science education. Not all stars obsess about mansions, manicures, or money. The celebrities recognized by NCSE's 2015 Friend of…
And the First 2015 Friend of Darwin Award Goes To: Neil Shubin, Scientist, Author, Movie Star, and Storyteller
As I write this post on Friday, March 20, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is in full swing. Like most everyone else who filled out a bracket, mine was already thoroughly busted yesterday, when two 3-seeds (Iowa State and Baylor) were beaten by 14-seeds (University of Alabama Birmingham and…
Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet awards for 2015
NCSE is pleased to announce the winners of the Friend of Darwin award for 2015: Neil Shubin, the Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago, codiscoverer of Tiktaalik roseae and author of Your Inner…

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