The University of Idaho will host 2009 Evolution, a conference featuring more than 600 presentations and 200 posters on current and previously unreleased research, eight sponsored symposia synthesizing entire research fields, three speeches from the presidents of the sponsoring societies and one keynote speaker, Eugenie Scott.
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.
A 47-million-year-old primate fossil, a purported "missing link" between primates and humans, was unveiled this week in New York. The fossil, formally called Darwinius masillae but nicknamed Ida, could, due to it being an essentially whole skeleton, shed light on the construction of the primate family tree, says an expert on primate evolution at Washington University in St. Louis.
A study of venomous snails on remote Pacific islands reveals genetic underpinnings of an ecological phenomenon that has fascinated scientists since Darwin.
Minor differences in the timing of cell proliferation can explain the large differences found in the eyes of two species "“ owl monkeys and capuchin monkeys "“ that evolved from a common ancestor.
Researchers comparing the fetal development of the eye of the owl monkey with that of the capuchin monkey have found that only a minor difference in the timing of cell proliferation can explain the multiple anatomical differences in the two kinds of eyes.
Scientific American names the 10 most important leaders in science and technology... including Dr. Eugenie C. Scott of NCSE.
Monkey communication expert Robert Seyfarth kicked off the University of Delaware's Year of Darwin celebration, with a true story, documented in 1961, about a female baboon that herded goats in an African village. In 15 years of research on baboons in Botswana, Seyfarth and Dorothy Cheney, his research partner and spouse, determined that baboons are able to put together the discrete elements of identity, kinship, and rank. Moreover, when under stress, their social networks become even more important.
Robert Seyfarth, a noted expert on monkey communication, will present "Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind" from 5-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 5, in Room 130 Sharp Hall at the University of Delaware. The lecture will kick off the University of Delaware's Year of Darwin Celebration.
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.
Dr. Sean Carroll, a professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin, will present on "Remarkable Creatures: Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species."
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 genetic toolkit animals use to build fins and limbs is the same genetic toolkit that controls the development of part of the gill skeleton in sharks. In addition, the skeleton of any animal appendage is probably patterned by the developmental genetic program that regulates the formation of shark gills. This finding is consistent with an old theory, often discounted in science textbooks, that fins and (later) limbs evolved from the gills of an extinct vertebrate.
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.
Biologist Stephen Yanoviak of UALR and colleagues publish in the Royal Society's Biology Letters research giving hints on how insect flight developed.
One is a biologist; the other is a historian and philosopher. Together, two Florida State University professors from very different backgrounds have assembled what many are already calling the definitive work on the subject of evolution.
Although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems.
In an intriguing 21st century example of Darwinism, researchers demonstrate that fish will again grow to larger sizes and produce more young when size-selective fishing is eased.
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.
In his latest book, "Freaks of Nature," University of Iowa psychologist Mark Blumberg examines nature's oddities as a window for exploring the development and evolution of body, brain and behavior. He focuses on physical abnormalities -- how they happen and how creatures adjust to them -- to illustrate his belief that nature and nurture are inseparable and equally important to development.
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