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Zack Kopplin NCSE is delighted to congratulate Zack Kopplin, recently named as the winner of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's 2014 Howard K. Schachman Public Service Award. In a March 24, 2014, press release, Jeremy Berg, president of the ASBMB and…
Halley's comet, Bayeux Tapestry by boris doesborg, released under a CC-BY-NC license In 1705, Edmund Halley predicted the course and eventual return of his eponymous comet, and traced its past appearances (it is depicted in the Bayeux tapestry and was re-observed in 1758). Comets then were also…
NCSE is pleased to announce the next of a new series of on-line workshops aimed at broadening and deepening the networks that make our work possible. The next workshop focuses on building coalitions to support science education, especially evolution and climate education, which include religious…
During her tenure at NCSE, Genie Scott often observed, "one priest in a backwards collar is worth a dozen scientists at a public hearing." For various reasons, religious leaders, and the voices of religious communities, have a special weight in politics, especially on matters of science education…
I’m still discussing a well-known but ill-sourced quotation from a “Dr. Etheridge, Fossilologist of the British Museum,” according to which, “Nine-tenths of the talk of evolutionists is sheer nonsense, not founded on observation and wholly unsupported by fact. This museum is full of proofs of…
I came into the office this morning and discovered someone had left mysterious little fossils on my desk. I think I can identify these fossils (although nailing the specific species may be tricky). Can you identify them? How's that for a little mid-week mystery?…
Another week, another Cosmos episode, and another ridiculous creationist reaction. This week the third Cosmos episode aired, focusing on the wonders of comets—such as Halley’s Comet, whose grand elliptical circumnavigation of the solar system parallels a human lifespan, as…
Photo Credit: Puno3000 via Compfight cc Last week on Fossil Friday, I gave you the partial jaw of a prancing little prey from the Barstovian. This specimen came from Nevada, and was actually originally (and incorrectly) identified as a Camelid. Many Fossil Friday…
These past few weeks on Fossil Friday, I have focused on bone crushers, biters, and scratchers—but have completely ignored the noble little animals that had their bones crushed...namely, food! So this week I'm balancing the scales by bringing you a herbivore—a dainty vegetarian…