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Celebrate the Darwin anniversaries with video
Two projects to celebrate the Darwin anniversaries — the bicentennial of Darwin's birth and the sesquicentennial of the publication of On the Origin of Species — are soliciting video contributions. For its Darwin Aloud project, the Center for Inquiry West is asking people to videotape themselves…
Stick Science cartoon contest
Florida Citizens for Science, a grassroots organization defending and promoting the integrity of science education in Florida, is sponsoring a cartoon contest! At the FCFS blog (April 1, 2009), Brandon Haught explains, "The basic concept here is to draw a cartoon that educates the public about…
Visit the Grand Canyon with Scott and Gish!
A few seats remain aboard NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon — as featured in The New York Times (October 6, 2005). From July 3 to 10, 2009, NCSE will again explore the wonders of creation and evolution on a Grand Canyon river run conducted by NCSE's Genie Scott and Alan ("Gish")…
Comer case dismissed
Chris ComerIn a March 31, 2009, decision, Chris Comer's lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency, challenging the agency's policy of requiring neutrality about evolution and creationism, was dismissed. The Austin American-Statesman (April 1, 2009) reported, "The state's…
Science setback for Texas schools
PRESS RELEASE "Somebody's got to stand up to experts!" cries board chair Don McLeroy. OAKLAND — After three all-day meetings and a blizzard of amendments and counter-amendments, the Texas Board of Education cast its final vote Friday on state science standards. The results weren't…
Brush awarded the 2009 Pais Prize
Stephen G. BrushNCSE Supporter Stephen G. Brush was selected by the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics to receive the 2009 Abraham Pais Prize for the History of Physics "for his pioneering, in-depth studies in the history of nineteenth and twentieth-…
Understanding Evolution lawsuit over
On March 23, 2009, the Supreme Court denied certiorari without comment to Caldwell v. Caldwell, which challenged the constitutionality of the Understanding Evolution website — a joint project of the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education. The…
Lights! Camera! Evolve!
The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is expanding its online video presence with its new YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd. Here you'll find reports from the evolution/creationism wars—footage of contentious testimony, landmark and illuminating speeches,…
Lights! Camera! Evolve!
The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is expanding its online video presence with its new YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd. Here you'll find reports from the evolution/creationism wars—footage of contentious testimony, landmark and illuminating speeches,…

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