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Antievolution bills die in South Carolina NCSE | National Center for Science Education - Defending the Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools.

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Antievolution bills die in South Carolina


Two antievolution bills, Senate Bill 873 and Senate Bill 875, died in committee when the South Carolina legislature adjourned on June 3, 2010.

A new survey result on the origin of the universe


A new poll commissioned by Daily Kos included a question on the origin of the universe.

NCSE's Rosenau in the Washington Post

Joshua RosenauJoshua Rosenau
NCSE's Joshua Rosenau reviewed Elaine Howard Ecklund'sScience vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think (Oxford University Press, 2010) for the Washington Post (May 30, 2010).

New survey results on evolution


Included in the Virginia Commonwealth University Life Sciences Survey for 2010 were a number of questions about evolution, religion, and scientific consensus — and as usual there were few surprises in the results (PDF, pp. 9-11).

Martin Gardner dies

Martin GardnerMartin Gardner
The polymathic Martin Gardner died on May 22, 2010, at the age of 95, according to the obituary in The New York Times (May 23, 2010).