National Center for Science EducationThe National Center for Science Education, Inc. --NCSE -- is a nonprofit, tax-exempt membership organization working to defend the teaching of evolution against sectarian attack. We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" outEvolution at Rockefeller now on-line- May 29, 2008 May 29, 2008: Beginning with the molecular origins of life and culminating with the latest findings on human evolution, eighteen of the world's leading experts reported on research spanning three billion years of evolution at a two-day symposium at Rockefeller University on May 1 and 2, 2008. And now videos from the "From RNA to Humans" symposium are ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/US/131_evolution_at_rockefeller_now_o_5_29_2008... Alliance for Science essay contest winners- May 29, 2008 May 29, 2008: NCSE congratulates the winners of Alliance for Science's second essay contest, announced on May 17, 2008. Alliance for Science -- a non-profit organization which seeks "to heighten public understanding and support for science and to preserve the distinctions between science and religion in the ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/US/752_alliance_for_science_essay_con_5_29_2008... Louisiana's latest creationism bill moves to House floor- May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008: On May 21, 2008, Senate Bill 733 (PDF), the so-called Louisiana Science Education Act, was unanimously passed by the Louisiana House Education Committee. Before passage, the bill was amended slightly from the form which passed the Senate on April 29, 2008, as pre ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/LA/66_louisianas_latest_creationism_5_23_2008.a... "Evolution and Creationism in America's Classrooms"- May 21, 2008 May 21, 2008: A noteworthy new paper reports on a national survey of high school biology teachers concerning the teaching of evolution. According to Michael B. Berkman, Julianna Sandell Pacheco, and Eric Plutzer's "Evolution and Creationism in America ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/US/580_evolution_and_creationism_in__5_21_2008.... United Methodist Church adopts pro-evolution resolutions- May 21, 2008 May 21, 2008: At its General Conference held in Fort Worth, Texas, from April 22 to May 2, 2008, the United Methodist Church adopted three resolutions relevant to the teaching of evolution in the public schools. First, and most directly concerned with education, the UMC expressed its opposition to "the introduction of any faith-based theories such as Creation ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/US/861_united_methodist_church_adopts_5_21_2008... Creationism's evolution, caught on tape- May 20, 2008 May 20, 2008: A nonprofit's archives track the rise and fall of attacks on evolution Oakland, California, May 20, 2008 Evolution's opponents have taken another round of losses recently, with the failures of the creationist propaganda movie Expelled, a creationist bid to grant science education degrees in Texas, and antievoluti ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/ZZ/455_creationism39s_evolution_c_5_20_2008.asp |