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" outAlliance for Science evolution essay contest- September 12, 2008 September 12, 2008: The 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 public sphere" -- is holding its third annual essay contest. The theme is "In Darwin's Footsteps," and students are encouraged "to identify and write ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/US/511_alliance_for_science_evolution_9_12_2008... Update from Canada- September 8, 2008 September 8, 2008: Writing in the September 2008 issue of the United Church Observer, Drew Halfnight discusses the public understanding of evolution in Canada. With the evolution wars constantly raging to the south, "Canadians see themselves as spectators to someone else's battle," ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/CN/230_update_from_canada_9_8_2008.asp Project Steve: n = 900- September 5, 2008 September 5, 2008: With the addition of Steven K. Nordeen on September 5, 2008, NCSE's Project Steve attained its 900th signatory. A tongue-in-cheek parody of a long-standing creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists who doubt evolution" or "scientists who dissent from Darwinism," Project Steve mocks such lists by restricting its signatories to sc ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/ZZ/222_project_steve_n__900_9_5_2008.asp Creationist initiatives denounced in ASBMB Today- September 5, 2008 September 5, 2008: Two articles in the August 2008 issue of ASBMB Today react to recent creationist initiatives. ASBMB's president, Gregory A. Petsko of Brandeis University, pulls no punches in his column, beginning, "They're at it again. Armed with another new idea from the Discov ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/US/479_creationist_initiatives_denoun_9_5_2008.... Paleontologists decry Louisiana's antievolution law- September 5, 2008 September 5, 2008: In a September 4, 2008, press release, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology urged Louisiana citizens and legislators to repeal the recently enacted "Science Education Act" in their state, writi ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/LA/398_paleontologists_decry_louisian_9_5_2008.... Update from Texas- September 4, 2008 September 4, 2008: A recent article in the Fort Worth Weekly (August 3, 2008) warns of the impending battle over the place of evolution in Texas's state science standards. "The basic fight is expected to be over what kids are taught about evolution -- which takes up only about three days o ...http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/TX/256_update_from_texas_9_4_2008.asp |