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AAP adds its voice for climate change education
The American Academy of Pediatrics, representing 64,000 pediatricians, recently released a policy statement on "Global Climate Change and Children's Health" that includes a call for climate change education. The statement, published in the November 2015 issue of Pediatrics, notes, "…
A preview of the illustrated Voyage of the Beagle
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of The Voyage of the Beagle: The Illustrated Edition of Charles Darwin's Travel Memoir and Field Journal (Zenith Press, 2015). The preview consists of chapter 17, "Galapagos Archipelago," in which Darwin notes "by far the most feature in the…
Evolution for John Doe, Part 2
In part 1, I introduced Henshaw Ward’s Evolution for John Doe (1925). Ward, a teacher of English turned science popularizer, claimed that for twenty years he sought a popular treatment of evolution to recommend to the curious, but without success. “Apparently biologists know so much of…
RNCSE 35:6 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 35, number 6 — contains recollections of and reflections on the Kitzmiller trial from Lauri Lebo, Jennifer Miller, Kenneth R.…
Textbooks of Doubt
A recent survey by the National Surveys on Energy and the Environment found that only 16% Americans believe there is no solid evidence for global warming. Though good news for the public at large, there are still questions about how global warming is being addressed with students, the next…
Answer Monday!
Last week I gave you a task: to identify this snail and tell me why it’s important. The task was made easier because I gave you a complete and straightforward photo. As I expected with such a savvy audience, you all got in the ballpark pretty darn quickly. This is Cerion agassizi, a…
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. The Hollow Earth is Filled with Giants,…
Fossil Friday!
I’ve got a different kind of Fossil Friday for you this week—it’s different in that I’m not trying to hide anything. Here it is. All of it! It’s clearly a snail. But so what? Your mission: identify the genus and species, and explain why I went out of my way to photograph this particular specimen…
Evolution for John Doe, Part 1
Over the Labor Day weekend, I was visiting a used bookstore in Jackson, California, which happened to be having a sale. The sale induced me to buy a copy of Henshaw Ward’s popular exposition of evolution Evolution for John Doe (1925). John Doe, of course, is a common placeholder name in…

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