Science Is Constantly Evolving

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The latest Gallup poll on climate
"Record percentages of Americans are concerned about global warming, believe it is occurring, consider it a serious threat and say it is caused by human activity. All of these perceptions are up significantly from 2015," reports Gallup (March 14, 2017).Specifically, asked, "And from what you…
Spotlight on Students
As you know, Science Booster Clubs improve community science literacy and provide grants to local teachers. But wait, there’s more! The Clubs are also creating a generation of scientists who work confidently with the public. Volunteering with Booster Clubs helps graduate students learn effective…
NCSE's Branch in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch contributed "Science Teachers in the Trenches of the Climate Wars" to the opinion section of the website of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (March 13, 2017).Observing that "climate science is going to be encountering stormy weather during the Trump…
Polling climate in Europe
European Perceptions of Climate Change, the March 2017 report of a public opinion survey conducted in June 2016 in France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom, offers (PDF) information about the attitudes toward the reality of, the causes behind, and the scientific consensus about…
Nature issues a rallying call to scientists
The editorial in the March 8, 2017, issue of the prestigious scientific journal Nature calls on researchers to defend the integrity of science education — and cites NCSE.Alluding to Iowa's House File 480, which would have required teachers in the state's public schools to include "…
Why NCSE Is Marching for Science
The March for Science will take place on April 22, 2017, in Washington DC, with satellite marches planned in more than 300 communities in more than thirty countries. The National Center for Science Education was one of the first organizations to endorse the march, and we are encouraging our…
NCSE and the March for Science
NCSE is among the scientific, academic, and educational institutions endorsing the March for Science that will take place in Washington DC on April 22, 2017, with satellite marches planned in almost three hundred communities across the world. The goal of the march is to celebrate science and its…
RNCSE 37:1 now on-line
NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line. The issue — volume 37, number 1 — is the fifth issue in the newsletter's new, streamlined, and full-color format.Featured are Glenn Branch's review of…
More Climate Scientists on TV, Please
As reported last week by Glenn Branch, NCSE board member Ben Santer was on Late Night with Seth Meyers this past Wednesday. If you haven’t watched it yet, please do so now—you won’t regret it. If nothing else, it’ll make you feel a little bit better about the world knowing that a major network talk…

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