Friday, June 4, 2010

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

  • June 3rd, 2010

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

  • June 1st, 2010

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

NCSE's Rosenau in the Washington Post

  • May 28th, 2010
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

  • May 27th, 2010

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

  • May 24th, 2010
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).

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