Science Is Constantly Evolving

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Polling the flat earth
Writing for Scientific American's blog (August 21, 2018), Craig A. Foster of the US Air Force Academy and NCSE's Glenn Branch discuss what "seems to have been the first systematic attempt to assess the American population's views on the shape of the Earth." Despite ambiguities in the…
The Tantrum That Saved the World book cover
The Tantrum That Saved the World book cover
Michael E. Mann and Meg Herbert On Their New Climate Change Children’s Book
In a 2016 interview with NCSE, Michael E. Mann said, “If my science is going to be used as a proxy for the validity of the science of climate change, then I’m willing to fight.” His most recent foray has come in an unusual form—a children’s book. Mann, a climate scientist at Penn State…
The Tantrum That Saved the World book cover
The Tantrum That Saved the World book cover
Book Review: The Tantrum that Saved the World 
When I was asked to review The Tantrum that Saved the World, by Michael E. Mann and Megan Herbert, I readily accepted. As a teacher and a parent, I know there are few children’s books available that address the most important global issue of our time—climate change.  It’s an adult…
A new survey on climate change
"A record 60% of Americans now think that global warming is happening and that humans are at least partially responsible for the rising temperature," according (PDF) to the latest survey from the National Studies on Energy and the Environment conducted by the University of Michigan and Muhlenberg…
NCSE's advice to the EPA
In a memorandum (PDF) dated August 7, 2018, NCSE's executive director Ann Reid wrote to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science" and to urge the EPA to withdraw its proposal. The controversial rule is, as Naomi Oreskes (a member…
Help wanted: part-time fall intern
NCSE is seeking to hire a part-time fall intern to assist with the national launch of the Science Booster Club program. This is a unique opportunity for someone with a science background to learn about community organizing and science outreach. This is a temporary position based in Oakland,…
NCSE's Science Booster Club Program in the literature
A study showing that NCSE's Science Booster Club Program's no-conflict approach increased community science literacy and engagement was just published in JCOM Journal of Science Communication. The article concluded:NCSE's SBC program performed well in its pilot stage, generating…
A Garden Grows, Thanks to NCSE’s Science Booster Club Program
It was the last day of school, a sweltering day in June 2018 at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland.Fifteen students, all members of the school’s environmental club, sat in a classroom discussing their upcoming plans. Not for the next school year, but this summer.“We can come and water…
"Bringing Darwin Back"
"Bringing Darwin Back," published (subscription required) in the August 2018 issue of Scientific American, discusses efforts to improve evolution education in the American science classroom — and NCSE is featured.NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch was cited as explaining the "three…

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