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Forrest blasts the LSEA and climate change denial
Writing in the Baton Rouge Advocate (July 7, 2016), Barbara Forrest rebutted a series of misleading claims about the so-called Louisiana Science Education Act of 2008. Far from wanting to improve science education, she explained, the law's backers sought "to give sympathetic teachers…
How I Spent My Summer…
NCSE's annual raft trip down the Grand Canyon just returned, and Teacher Scholarship winner Brandon Haught has a blog post up already, which he allowed us to repost. Enjoy, and consider donating to the scholarship fund to support future trips like this. There are no man-made signs deep…
Crossing Jordan Off
In writing Fossil Friday/Answer Monday posts for the Science League of America, I don’t usually expect to discover fodder for historical posts. So it was a bit of a surprise to find, while composing a recent post asking readers to identify the provenance of a lovely specimen of Vinctifer…
What We’re Reading
Owing to a technical difficulty, I can't provide any illustration to accompany today’s What We’re Reading feature. But hey, you don’t only read it for the pictures, do you? In any case, please let us know in the comments section below what you think of our reading suggestions—and tell us…
Friday Forage
Last week on Friday Forage, you had to explore NCSE’s new section on Legislation and Court Cases to meet our challenge. Kudos to the folks who found the Kitzmiller piece I was talking about. A prize is on its way! While looking for other gems from our archives, I found a fabulous Reports of…
In the Classroom: Evolution Movie Binge!
Long summer days mean lots of extra hours for resting, relaxing, and well, maybe a little exploring. For some of us that means finding cool new hangouts around town, trying different restaurants, or traveling somewhere exciting. For others, that means browsing Netflix and binge watching way too…
Climate Change in the American Mind: March 2016
Seven in ten Americans think that global warming is happening, and slightly over half think that, if it is happening, it is mostly owing to human activity, but only about one in ten know that nearly all climate scientists agree that global warming is happening as a result of human activity…
Dembski and the Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind. — Mark A. Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (1994) Time was, Bill Dembski was among the leading voices for “intelligent design.” His books provided the mathematicotheological Jello on which…
Misrepresenting Orgel
A favorite passage of the Islamic creationist enterprise that publishes under the name Harun Yahya is taken from “The Origin of Life on Earth,” by the chemist and origin-of-life researcher Leslie Orgel (right; 1927–2007), which appeared in Scientific American in 1994. There Orgel wrote…

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