Science Is Constantly Evolving

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Congratulations to Hopson and Prothero
NCSE is pleased to congratulate James Hopson and Donald Prothero on their recent awards from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. At the SVP's recent meeting in Dallas, Texas, Hopson was presented with the A. S. Romer — G. G. Simpson medal, the society's highest award, granted in…
What’s Wrong with the Next Generation Science Standards?
If you follow NCSE, you know that we are big supporters of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Unlike many state science standards that are simply a list of scientific topics, the NGSS challenges students to seek out and evaluate evidence, build scientific arguments, and engineer…
Answer Monday!
Let’s continue the game of Twenty Questions I started on Friday regarding this strange fossil. Is it a plant? No. Is it an animal? Yes. Is it bigger than a breadbox? This one, no. Some others? You bet. Hat size? No true head. The answer is moot. Is it still alive today? This one, no. Some…
What We’re Reading
Here are some of the stories that caught NCSE’s eye this week. Feel free to share articles that crossed your screen in the comment section, or e-mail us directly during the week with things that caught your eye. We’ll add the best to our weekly posts. When It Rains, It Pours: Historic Drought…
For a few lucky teachers, an adventure of a lifetime
The National Center for Science Education is pleased to accept applications for its second class of Grand Canyon Teacher Scholars. Lucky teachers will be given an all-expenses-paid seat on NCSE's annual Grand Canyon expedition, an eight-day voyage through some of the world's greatest geological…
Fossil Friday!
Unlike my last specimen, this one does not give me the willies. However, fossils of this thing can be fairly creepy, perhaps because it’s so alien-looking. But what is it? Plant? Animal? It’s definitely made of minerals. Is it bigger than a breadbox? Or, my grandfather’s favorite Twenty…
One Giant Step for Alabama Students on Evolution … Now What?
In September 2015, something amazing happened. It isn’t what we traditionally think of as ground-breaking or life-changing, but to millions of young people in one southern state, this will be the first step toward a new lens on science. What was it? That Alabama adopted a new set of science…
Emotion and Credibility
Can language help you tell the difference between scientists and science deniers? That’s what researchers Srdan Medimorec and Gordon Pennycook sought to test in the article summarized here, which presents some analysis about the language used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC…
NCSE and the Grand Canyon 2016
Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Reservations are still available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon — as featured in the documentary No Dinosaurs in Heaven. From June 30 to July 8, 2016, NCSE will again explore the wonders of creation and evolution on a Grand Canyon river run…

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