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The Darwin bicentennial in the news
In recognition of Darwin's 200th birthday, February 12, 2009, the mass media are again taking notice of Darwin's life, accomplishments, and importance and influence. Writing to Charles Lyell in 1860, Darwin was wryly amused at the sort of newspaper coverage he was receiving in the wake of the…
Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction, 2nd Edition
  PRESS RELEASE Revamped edition examines the media, polls, new legal challenges, intelligent design in the courts, and more. The evolution wars are over, right? Scopes was finally vindicated, creationism was booted out of the classroom, and a new president in his inaugural speech…
Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction, 2nd Edition
PRESS RELEASE Revamped edition examines the media, polls, new legal challenges, intelligent design in the courts, and more. The evolution wars are over, right? Scopes was finally vindicated, creationism was booted out of the classroom, and a new president in his inaugural speech…
The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach
The latest issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach — the new journal aspiring to promote accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience — is now available on-line. Throughout 2009, the journal will celebrate the life and work of Charles Darwin.…
Catching up with RNCSE
Selected content from volume 28, number 3, of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on NCSE's website. Featured are Steven L. Salzberg's account of how a creationist article almost slipped into a leading proteomics journal and Lawrence S. Lerner's latest update on…
Darwin: A Not-So-Happy 200th Birthday
Teaching of evolution still in danger; US economy in peril? Will February 12th be a happy 200th birthday for Charles Darwin? Maybe not, says Glenn Branch, Deputy Director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) in an article that just appeared on the U.S. News & World…
NCSE's Branch in US News & World Report
NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch answered the question "Should creationism be taught in the public schools?" for the on-line edition of US News & World Report (February 2, 2009) — in the negative, of course. After reviewing the legal history of attempts to require the teaching of…
NCSE's Branch in US News & World Report
  NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch answered the question "Should creationism be taught in the public schools?" for the on-line edition of US News & World Report (February 2, 2009) — in the negative, of course. After reviewing the legal history of attempts to require the teaching of…
NCSE members honored by NAS
NCSE is delighted to congratulate two of its members, Joseph Felsenstein and John D. Roberts, who are among the eighteen individuals to be honored by the National Academy of Sciences in 2009 with "awards recognizing extraordinary scientific achievements in the areas of biology, chemistry, geology…

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