Those crafty creationists just won't let up. Since they can't get their way in the courts or state legislatures, their new tactic is to attack the curriculum itself, from science standards to textbooks, forcing teachers to teach science the creationist way.
Mondo science party this weekend in DC! The USA Science & Engineering Festival and Expo features 1500 exhibits, 750 organizations (including NCSE), 75 stage shows, and more.
The NCSE is offering free evolution book excerpts on its web site (www.ncse.com).
NCSE's executive director Dr. Eugenie C. Scott just nabbed honorary doctorates #7 and #8...and offers some sage advice on common sense and sunscreen.
Which creationist was the most nauseating?
Science deniers, creationists, and their fellow travelers aren't just targeting evolution. Now they're turning their sights on global warming.
"Friends of Darwin" take center stage.
Dr. Eugenie C. Scott Joins Carl Sagan, C. Everett Koop in National Academy of Sciences honor.
Darwin celebrated; evolution still under attack. The Year in Review.
NCSE is shifting its primary domain to ncse.com.
NCSE responds to creationist edition of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species."
NCSE Executive Director Eugenie Scott takes aim at creationist Ray Comfort's distorted views on evolution in a debate taking place on the U.S. News & World Report site.
Dr. Eugenie C. Scott has joined Scientific American's revamped and expanded Board of Advisers.
The NCSE's Dr. Eugenie Scott has received the California Academy of Sciences' highest honor: the Fellows Medal.
Are state science standards worthless? Are kids learning about evolution or being spoon-fed creationist pseudoscience? What's the proper role of state science standards in American public education, anyway?
Need a clear-eyed take on the Francis Collins nomination to head the NIH? issues? The NCSE has two experts you can turn to.
The Society for the Study of Evolution has honored NCSE's Dr. Eugenie Scott with its first Stephen Jay Gould Prize, recognizing her outstanding work in communicating the insights, applications, and importance of evolutionary biology to the general public.
Scientific American names the 10 most important leaders in science and technology... including Dr. Eugenie C. Scott of NCSE.
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 pretty. The board majority amended the Earth and Space Science, and Biology standards (TEKS) with loopholes and language that make it even easier for creationists to attack science textbooks.
Over 50 scientific societies representing hundreds of thousands of American scientists today publicly urged the Texas Board of Education to support accurate science education.
The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is expanding its online video presence with its new YouTube channel--contentious testimony, landmark and illuminating speeches, conference coverage, and more.
It's not a hurricane or even a tropical storm. But a small knot of ignorance is twisting through the Florida state senate. Yet another anti-evolution bill is being proposed.
It was nip and tuck, but when the dust settled, Dr. Steve Darwin was named the 1000th Steve in NCSE's Project Steve. The coronation took place at the Improbable Research press conference held as part of the AAAS annual meeting in Chicago this week.
1000th Steve to be crowned at AAAS press conference. Nobele laureate and Energy Secretary Steve Chu says "It's about time!" (OK, we made that up.) Steve Martin, Stevie Wonder, Steve Ballmer, Steve Carell, Stefanie Powers, and Steve Jobs could not be reached for comment.
Revamped book examines the media, polls, new legal challenges, intelligent design in the courts, and more. Dr. Eugenie Scott, a promoter and defender of teaching evolution in the schools, dissects the ever-changing efforts of creationists to undermine science education.
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 Report web site.
Evolution is under attack across the U.S. Last year, the teaching of evolution was challenged in scores of schools. During the same period, six states introduced (and Louisiana passed) "academic freedom laws" that discredit evolution and smuggle creationist teachings into the classroom. Creationists are sabotaging state science standards. Here's NCSE's list of the hottest evolution stories of the last 12 months.
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