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Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet awards for 2015
NCSE is pleased to announce the winners of the Friend of Darwin award for 2015: Neil Shubin, the Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago, codiscoverer of Tiktaalik roseae and author of Your Inner…
Climate Change Hope or Delusion?
Copyright: Dream's≈place from Flickr I have a running debate with one of my friends about climate change, and it is all about the policy. Should we have a carbon tax? Cap and trade? Greater energy efficiency requirements? There are so many options, and they are all fabulously fun to debate. But…
In The Classroom: Of Mice and...Well, More Mice
I made my second trip out to NCSE HQ a couple of weeks ago. In addition to basking in the 70° sunshine, the trip was fabulous because it yielded some new ideas and exciting discussions. No details yet, but watch this space—things are going to get awesomer (yep, that’s a word—or it is now). One of…
RNCSE 35:2 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 2 — contains Nicholas J. Matzke's review-essay of Alan de Queiroz's The Monkey's Voyage, Herman Mays's "Speaking Out Against…
Congratulations to Kenneth R. Miller
Kenneth R. Miller NCSE is pleased to congratulate Kenneth R. Miller for receiving the National Science Teachers Association's Presidential Citation, which recognizes "individuals or organizations who have significantly promoted the profession of science education." A member of…
Chewing on Human Evolution
Before about a month ago, my knowledge and understanding of human evolution was pretty limited. I knew the basics: lots of different hominins (species more closely related to modern humans than to modern chimps) living together in Africa, then humans (species of the genus Homo) appear. A…
A preview of Climate Shock
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman's Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Warming Planet (Princeton University Press, 2015). The preview consists of chapter 7, "What You Can Do," in which Wagner and Weitzman offer advice…
Jim Krupa
Jim Krupa
Thank a Teacher Thursday: A Legacy of Passion for Teaching
Jim Krupa is a professor of biology at the University of Kentucky (UK), member of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, and 2012 recipient of the National Association of Biology Teachers Evolution Education award. During his 25 years at UK, he has taught more than 23,000 students and I think it’s safe…
NCSE and the Grand Canyon 2015
Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Three seats are still available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon — as featured in the documentary No Dinosaurs in Heaven. From July 2 to July 10, 2015, NCSE will again explore the wonders of creation and evolution on a Grand Canyon river run…

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