Science Is Constantly Evolving
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The astronomer and priest George V. Coyne, S.J., died on February 11, 2020, at the age of 87, according to The New York Times (February 14, 2020), which said that he "defended Galileo and Darwin against doctrinaire Roman Catholics and challenged atheists, too, by insisting that science and…
The Idaho Senate Education Committee unanimously voted to approve the state science standards on February 12, 2020, according to Idaho Education News (February 12, 2020). Although the House Education Committee voted earlier to repeal the standards, as NCSE previously reported, the Senate Education…
NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch contributed "All Aboard the Evolution Bus!" (PDF) to the February 2020 issue of The American Biology Teacher, published by the National Association of Biology Teachers.
Branch's column focused on NABT's recently updated statement on the teaching of…
Darwin Day resolutions have been again introduced in both houses of Congress, according to a February 12, 2020, press release from the American Humanist Association. The resolutions — House Resolution 847 and Senate Resolution 495 — would, if passed, express support of designating February 12, 2020…
It took less than five minutes to destroy my YouTube recommendations.
I’ll admit that sometimes I go undercover to lurk around climate skeptic Facebook groups. In order to be effective at my job, I need to understand the nuances of the climate change misinformation campaign and there is no better…
NCSE's #WhyTeachEvolution campaign, intended to draw attention to the critical importance of teaching evolution in our nation's schools, culminated on Darwin Day — February 12, 2020.
As part of the campaign, NCSE asked scientists, educators, authors, and science fans to write brief essays…
Despite the advice of a group of the United Kingdom's leading scientists and educators, the new national curriculum for Wales neither increases the amount of evolution in the curriculum nor explicitly prohibits the teaching of creationism, according to Humanists UK (January 28, 2020). Humanists UK…
As community college professors, and current and former National Association of Biology Teachers leaders, we teach evolution because an understanding of this critical concept and process helps our students not only to comprehend the historical context of life, but also to interpret current topics…
It’s not only important to teach evolution; it’s important to teach all of evolution. It’s not only true that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution,” as Dobzhansky said. It’s that so much more in biology makes sense when all of evolution is taught. Here’…