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Christian de Duve dies
Christian de DuveThe eminent biologist Christian de Duve died on May 4, 2013, at the age of 95, according to the de Duve Institute. In 1974, de Duve, Albert Claude, and George E. Palade received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the…
Help wanted: executive director
NCSE is seeking to hire a new executive director to replace Eugenie C. Scott, who is retiring after more than twenty-six years at NCSE's helm. Duties will include serving as the public face of NCSE — its primary representative to the public, the press, and NCSE's allies — and serving as the chief…
NCSE's Scott to retire
Eugenie C. ScottNCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott announced on May 6, 2013, that she was planning to retire by the end of the year, after more than twenty-six years at NCSE's helm. "It's a good time to retire, with our new climate change initiative off to a strong start…
Hansen receives Ridenhour Courage Prize
James E. HansenNCSE is delighted to congratulate James E. Hansen on receiving the Ridenhour Courage Prize for 2013. Hansen was recognized "for bravely and urgently telling the truth about climate change, even when the Bush administration tried to silence and penalize him as…
Polling American scientific literacy
A new poll from the Pew Research Center and Smithsonian magazine offers a degree of insight into American scientific literacy on natural selection, the age of the earth, and climate change, although there were no questions directly addressing evolution in the sense of common ancestry or climate…
RNCSE 33:2 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. The issue — volume 33, number 2 — features Minda Berbeco's "Political Bias Meets Climate Bias: Overcoming Science Denial in a Politically Polarized World" and Barbara…
A preview of My Beloved Brontosaurus
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Brian Switek's My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs (Scientific American / Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2013). The preview consists of chapter 7, "Birds with Feathers," in which Switek discusses…
Jindal connects the dots
Interviewed by NBC News (April 12, 2013), Louisiana's governor Bobby Jindal (R) explicitly stated that the so-called Louisiana Science Education Act permits the teaching of creationism, including "intelligent design." Jindal was asked (at around 9:00), "Should creationism be taught in schools?" He…
Exciting news from Evolution: Education and Outreach
Evolution: Education and Outreach — the journal promoting the accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience — is now open access! As its editors Gregory Eldredge and Niles Eldredge explain, "From now on, we will be fully Open Access on our website…

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