Science Is Constantly Evolving
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February 18, 2020
NCSE's deputy director Glenn Branch contributed "All Aboard the Evolution Bus!" (PDF) to the February 2020 issue of The American Biology Teacher, published by the National Association of Biology Teachers.
Branch's column focused on NABT's recently updated statement on the teaching of…
February 14, 2020
Darwin Day resolutions have been again introduced in both houses of Congress, according to a February 12, 2020, press release from the American Humanist Association. The resolutions — House Resolution 847 and Senate Resolution 495 — would, if passed, express support of designating February 12, 2020…
February 13, 2020
It took less than five minutes to destroy my YouTube recommendations.
I’ll admit that sometimes I go undercover to lurk around climate skeptic Facebook groups. In order to be effective at my job, I need to understand the nuances of the climate change misinformation campaign and there is no better…
February 13, 2020
NCSE's #WhyTeachEvolution campaign, intended to draw attention to the critical importance of teaching evolution in our nation's schools, culminated on Darwin Day — February 12, 2020.
As part of the campaign, NCSE asked scientists, educators, authors, and science fans to write brief essays…
February 13, 2020
Despite the advice of a group of the United Kingdom's leading scientists and educators, the new national curriculum for Wales neither increases the amount of evolution in the curriculum nor explicitly prohibits the teaching of creationism, according to Humanists UK (January 28, 2020). Humanists UK…
February 11, 2020
As community college professors, and current and former National Association of Biology Teachers leaders, we teach evolution because an understanding of this critical concept and process helps our students not only to comprehend the historical context of life, but also to interpret current topics…
February 11, 2020
It’s not only important to teach evolution; it’s important to teach all of evolution. It’s not only true that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution,” as Dobzhansky said. It’s that so much more in biology makes sense when all of evolution is taught. Here’…
February 11, 2020
I spent a lot of years studying the 1918 influenza virus. I was part of the team that deciphered the genetic sequence of the virus from preserved lung samples. These samples came from U.S. soldiers who died of the flu and from a native Alaskan woman buried in permafrost who died when the virus…
February 11, 2020
Over 20 years ago, I first read the book Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science, published by the National Academies Press. While I had already been a teacher for several years, my teaching lacked coherence, which I immediately recognized as I studied this book. Even though I…