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RNCSE 35:1 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.
Congratulations to David Morrison
NCSE is pleased to congratulate David Morrison, who received the 2015 Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society.
Open Message to Congress on Net Neutrality
Bill to unblock NGSS advances in Wyoming
Wyoming's House Bill 23 (PDF) was unanimously passed by the House Education Committee, according to the Casper Star-Tribune (January 20, 2015), and now proceeds to the floor of the House.
In Holland, "Extreme" Ringing in the Ears Is Grounds for Euthanasia
The Goalposts of Intelligent Design: Explaining Innovation
A Stable Atmosphere: Another Reason Our Planet Is Special
At BioLogos, Stephen Meyer Clarifies the Disagreement Separating Intelligent Design from Theistic Evolution
In the Darwin Debate, How Long Before the Tide Turns in Favor of Intelligent Design?
Evolutionarily Unrelated Animals Use Geomagnetic Navigation
Regarding Today's "Intelligently Designed" Seahawks Victory, Our Friend Michael Medved Expresses Discovery Institute Sentiment
Live on ESPN, Sportscaster Dave Pasch Offers to Educate a Colleague on "Irreducible Complexity"
Indiana's antiscience bill in the news
"Call it a back-door approach to failed attempts to chip away at state standards on teaching evolution and to bring creationism into the public school classroom," wrote the Lafayette, Indiana, Journal and Courier (January 20, 2015), referring to Senate Bill 562, which if enacted would deprive administrators of the ability to prevent teachers from miseducating students about "scientific controversies."
Antiscience legislation in Indiana
Indiana's Senate Bill 562, introduced and referred to the Senate Committee on Education & Career Development on January 20, 2015, is the second antiscience bill of the year, following Missouri's House Bill 486.
No, two-thirds of all cancers are not caused by bad luck
Kenneth Miller Steps on Darwin's Achilles Heel
From PBS, Nonjudgmentalism on Belgian Euthanasia
Problem 4: Natural Selection Struggles to Fix Advantageous Traits in Populations
The Many Paths of Kenneth Miller
Congratulations to Richard Lewontin
NCSE is delighted to congratulate Richard Lewontin on being named as a recipient of the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences for 2015.
