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Baton Rouge Advocate endorses repeal effort again
The Baton Rouge Advocate (March 9, 2014) reaffirmed its editorial support (previously expressed in 2013) for the attempt to repeal Louisiana's so-called Science Education Act, which, Governor Bobby Jindal told NBC News in 2013, permits the teaching of creationism, including "intelligent…
Fossil Friday!
Last week, on the Fossil Friday, I gave you a mandible with promises of more to come. But then I had a sort of lousy, rainy week, and ended up wandering into the Pleistocene and like, wow, forget mandibles! I had a close encounter with some pretty awesome sea life. So apologies to…
I (Still) Like Ike
A few weeks ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists began its competition to find the most science-friendly President. In the opening round of the playoffs, which had preselected eight out of the 44 US Presidents, Abe (Lincoln) went head to head with Ike (Dwight David Eisenhower).…
Facebook: n > 40,000
A milestone: there are now over 40,000 fans of NCSE's Facebook page. Why not join them, by visiting the page and becoming a fan by clicking on the "Like" box by NCSE's name? You'll receive the latest NCSE news delivered straight to your Facebook Home page, as well as updates on evolution-related…
Searching for F. E. Dean, Part 5
What do we know about F. E. Dean? He studied under Winterton Curtis at the University of Missouri; he was the superintendent of the Fort Sumner, New Mexico, public schools for a few years until he was forced to resign in 1922 when he challenged the school board’s adoption of a policy prohibiting…
Antiscience Legislation chez NCSE
I’m sometimes asked, even by my colleagues, what it takes for a bill to be counted as antiscience at NCSE. Precisely what is it about a piece of legislation that makes our flesh crawl, our brows furrow, and our hackles rise—and, less physiologically, impels us to summon defenders of the…
Answer Monday!
Last week, I shared a mandible and tooth fragment from an animal that I thought many of you would recognize. Many of you quickly surmised it was a canine of some sort, but which one? This was a Tomarctus sp. in the Canidae family from the Miocene, found…
Bernard Winograd dies
Bernard Winograd Bernard Winograd, a member of NCSE's board of directors, died on March 1, 2014, at the age of 63. A successful business executive, who toward the end of his career was managing about half a trillion dollars of assets, Winograd was fervently interested in…
Fossil Friday!
This week on the Fossil Friday, I bring you a fossil that might be a little too easy! No, it's not a sloth, but it is a relative of an animal many of you might actually have sitting at your feet right now. I won't give anything else away, but I'll demand many answers from you: What was this…

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