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Mark your calendar for 2/12 at 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PST for NCSE and NABT's free Darwin Day webinar! Rick and Lindsay Hunter will share stories from the discovery and excavation of the first-known fossils of Homo naledi. To register - member.nabt.org/event/2026Da... #DarwinDay2026 #EduSky #evobio
Our resident interviewer becomes the interviewee! Check out our Random Samples episode with Mat Kaplan, host of NCSE’s Safeguarding Sound Science podcast! https://youtu.be/ocGWFM7cK6o
January 23, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Our resident interviewer becomes the interviewee! Check out our Random Samples episode with Mat Kaplan, host of NCSE’s Safeguarding Sound Science podcast! https://youtu.be/ocGWFM7cK6o
TX teachers, we're pleased to offer a My COAST program in Galveston! The application deadline is February 27 and the program will take place at Texas A&M University this spring from April 19-22, 2026. Full details and to apply: tinyurl.com/MyCOAST-TX
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January 22, 2026 at 6:49 PM
TX teachers, we're pleased to offer a My COAST program in Galveston! The application deadline is February 27 and the program will take place at Texas A&M University this spring from April 19-22, 2026. Full details and to apply: tinyurl.com/MyCOAST-TX
#edusky #gulfcoast #edusci #envsci
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#edusky #gulfcoast #edusci #envsci
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Reminder: Our #DarwinDay webinar is coming up on February 12! Rick and Lindsay Hunter will be discussing the discovery and excavation of Homo naledi. Join us for this special event!
Free and open to the public. Register to receive a link for access - member.nabt.org/event/2026Da... #HumanOrigins 🏺
Free and open to the public. Register to receive a link for access - member.nabt.org/event/2026Da... #HumanOrigins 🏺
January 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Reminder: Our #DarwinDay webinar is coming up on February 12! Rick and Lindsay Hunter will be discussing the discovery and excavation of Homo naledi. Join us for this special event!
Free and open to the public. Register to receive a link for access - member.nabt.org/event/2026Da... #HumanOrigins 🏺
Free and open to the public. Register to receive a link for access - member.nabt.org/event/2026Da... #HumanOrigins 🏺
Dana Nuccitelli, a recipient of NCSE's Friend of the Planet award, explores the reality that "The year that just ended saw numerous records broken on climate and clean energy". https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/where-things-stand-on-climate-change-in-2026/
Where things stand on climate change in 2026 » Yale Climate Connections
Last year saw the U.S. move backward on climate while China ascended. Here’s what to expect next.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Dana Nuccitelli, a recipient of NCSE's Friend of the Planet award, explores the reality that "The year that just ended saw numerous records broken on climate and clean energy". https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/where-things-stand-on-climate-change-in-2026/
Chicago-area science teachers! Grow your climate teaching skills at the 2026 Climate of H.O.P.E. Conference on Feb 27. Keynotes, breakout sessions, 5.5 CEU's, lunch included & more. Spots are limited! Register here: https://sites.google.com/csd99.org/2026-climateofhope-conference/home
January 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Chicago-area science teachers! Grow your climate teaching skills at the 2026 Climate of H.O.P.E. Conference on Feb 27. Keynotes, breakout sessions, 5.5 CEU's, lunch included & more. Spots are limited! Register here: https://sites.google.com/csd99.org/2026-climateofhope-conference/home
Join us in congratulating NCSE board member, Maya Morales Garcia, for being named a 2026 Award Winner for Collective Social Innovation by the Schwab Foundation! Read about it here: https://beyond100k.org/2026-schwab-foundation-award/
January 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Join us in congratulating NCSE board member, Maya Morales Garcia, for being named a 2026 Award Winner for Collective Social Innovation by the Schwab Foundation! Read about it here: https://beyond100k.org/2026-schwab-foundation-award/
Texas teachers: My COAST is coming to Galveston! Apply by Feb. 27: tinyurl.com/MyCOAST-TX
Watch this video to learn more about this unique, immersive hands-on professional learning opportunity for teachers, or check it out on our website: ncse.ngo/my-coast
#edusky #TeachClimate #EduSci #iteachbio
Watch this video to learn more about this unique, immersive hands-on professional learning opportunity for teachers, or check it out on our website: ncse.ngo/my-coast
#edusky #TeachClimate #EduSci #iteachbio
My COAST: An NCSE Professional Learning Experience
YouTube video by NCSE
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January 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Texas teachers: My COAST is coming to Galveston! Apply by Feb. 27: tinyurl.com/MyCOAST-TX
Watch this video to learn more about this unique, immersive hands-on professional learning opportunity for teachers, or check it out on our website: ncse.ngo/my-coast
#edusky #TeachClimate #EduSci #iteachbio
Watch this video to learn more about this unique, immersive hands-on professional learning opportunity for teachers, or check it out on our website: ncse.ngo/my-coast
#edusky #TeachClimate #EduSci #iteachbio
Plot twist: Europe’s ceratopsians were hiding in plain sight, misidentified this whole time. www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new... #FossilFriday
Europe’s missing ceratopsian dinosaurs have finally been found | Natural History Museum
A dinosaur named Ajkaceratops has revealed that relatives of Triceratops lived in Europe after all.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Plot twist: Europe’s ceratopsians were hiding in plain sight, misidentified this whole time. www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new... #FossilFriday
Mark your calendar for 2/12 at 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PST for NCSE and NABT's free Darwin Day webinar! Rick and Lindsay Hunter will share stories from the discovery and excavation of the first-known fossils of Homo naledi. To register - member.nabt.org/event/2026Da... #DarwinDay2026 #EduSky #evobio
January 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Mark your calendar for 2/12 at 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PST for NCSE and NABT's free Darwin Day webinar! Rick and Lindsay Hunter will share stories from the discovery and excavation of the first-known fossils of Homo naledi. To register - member.nabt.org/event/2026Da... #DarwinDay2026 #EduSky #evobio
Looking to treat a climate warrior on your gift list? Trying to use those gift cards you got for good? Here's a list of 12 works of climate fiction just for that! https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/immerse-friends-family-or-yourself-in-climate-futures-over-the-holidays/
Immerse friends, family — or yourself — in climate futures over the holidays » Yale Climate Connections
12 works of climate fiction for the climate warriors on your gift list.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Looking to treat a climate warrior on your gift list? Trying to use those gift cards you got for good? Here's a list of 12 works of climate fiction just for that! https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/immerse-friends-family-or-yourself-in-climate-futures-over-the-holidays/
A gift for supporters of climate change education! Climate change expanded in Virginia's high school science standards...https://ncse.ngo/climate-change-expanded-virginias-high-school-science-standards
Climate change expanded in Virginia's high school science standards | National Center for Science Education
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December 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A gift for supporters of climate change education! Climate change expanded in Virginia's high school science standards...https://ncse.ngo/climate-change-expanded-virginias-high-school-science-standards
Arizona trying to introduce "intelligent design" in classrooms...https://ncse.ngo/intelligent-design-bill-arizona
"Intelligent design" bill in Arizona | National Center for Science Education
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December 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Arizona trying to introduce "intelligent design" in classrooms...https://ncse.ngo/intelligent-design-bill-arizona
Kitzmiller v Dover is a legal battle that helped keep science in the classroom. Here's why its lessons are still relevant two decades later.
https://www.aclupa.org/kiztmiller-v-dover-area-school-district-a-20-year-retrospective-on-using-the-law-to-defend-scientific-integrity/
https://www.aclupa.org/kiztmiller-v-dover-area-school-district-a-20-year-retrospective-on-using-the-law-to-defend-scientific-integrity/
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District – A 20-year Retrospective on Using the Law to Defend Scientific Integrity - ACLU of Pennsylvania
Twenty years ago, in December of 2005, a federal court in Pennsylvania issued a ruling in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District that an effort to teach so-called Intelligent Design Creationism as an alternative to evolution in public schools was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Kitzmiller v Dover is a legal battle that helped keep science in the classroom. Here's why its lessons are still relevant two decades later.
https://www.aclupa.org/kiztmiller-v-dover-area-school-district-a-20-year-retrospective-on-using-the-law-to-defend-scientific-integrity/
https://www.aclupa.org/kiztmiller-v-dover-area-school-district-a-20-year-retrospective-on-using-the-law-to-defend-scientific-integrity/
20 years of KITZMAS! Take this quiz and learn more about the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial that kept non-science "intelligent design" out of the science classroom. https://ncse.ngo/kitzmiller-trial-quiz #historysky #kitzmas
Kitzmiller Trial Quiz | National Center for Science Education
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December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
20 years of KITZMAS! Take this quiz and learn more about the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial that kept non-science "intelligent design" out of the science classroom. https://ncse.ngo/kitzmiller-trial-quiz #historysky #kitzmas
20 years of #Kitzmiller! Having served as an expert witness for the trial, the president of NCSE's Board of Directors Kenneth R. Miller recounted his experience at Vanderbilt's Scopes Centennial Symposium. Watch his fascinating talk about this historic trial: youtu.be/6OvjsayFX5A?... #EduSky
The Kitzmiller v. Dover Trial - Ken Miller
YouTube video by Evolutionary Studies - Vanderbilt
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December 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
20 years of #Kitzmiller! Having served as an expert witness for the trial, the president of NCSE's Board of Directors Kenneth R. Miller recounted his experience at Vanderbilt's Scopes Centennial Symposium. Watch his fascinating talk about this historic trial: youtu.be/6OvjsayFX5A?... #EduSky
A book review from Peter J. Jacques on "Climate Denial in American Politics: #ClimateBrawl" by Gerald Kutney - https://ncse.ngo/review-climate-denial-american-politics-climatebrawl #BookReviews #ClimateBooks #BookSky
[Review] Climate Denial in American Politics: #ClimateBrawl | National Center for Science Education
Gerald Kutney is best known for his work as a commentator and activist on climate change issues, and especially for his “#climatebrawl” efforts to engage and defeat climate denial narratives on social media. He defines climate brawling as “not a cordial discussion” but an attempt to “discredit the h…
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December 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A book review from Peter J. Jacques on "Climate Denial in American Politics: #ClimateBrawl" by Gerald Kutney - https://ncse.ngo/review-climate-denial-american-politics-climatebrawl #BookReviews #ClimateBooks #BookSky
In the time of Kitzmiller v Dover, "NCSE was there, recruiting the plaintiffs' legal team, providing expert witnesses, and shining a bright light on the proceedings." Read the reflections of those who were there at the link below!
https://ow.ly/sWoZ50XL6MM
https://ow.ly/sWoZ50XL6MM
Remembering Kitzmiller v. Dover | National Center for Science Education
In 2005, parents, teachers, and scientists from around the country came together in Kitzmiller v. Dover to defend the integrity of the public science classroom. The result: a decision that teaching "intelligent design" in public schools violates the U.S. Constitution. NCSE was there, recruiting the…
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December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In the time of Kitzmiller v Dover, "NCSE was there, recruiting the plaintiffs' legal team, providing expert witnesses, and shining a bright light on the proceedings." Read the reflections of those who were there at the link below!
https://ow.ly/sWoZ50XL6MM
https://ow.ly/sWoZ50XL6MM
Kitzmiller v Dover is one of two landmark court cases in American science education that hit major anniversaries this year. As we near "Kitzmas", reflect on this case that gave hope to science education. https://issues.org/science-curricula-kitzmiller-evolution-classroom-baker/
Of Pandas and Science Curricula
Twenty years ago, a landmark court case held that intelligent design cannot be taught in science classrooms. What lessons does it offer for conflicts in education?
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December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Kitzmiller v Dover is one of two landmark court cases in American science education that hit major anniversaries this year. As we near "Kitzmas", reflect on this case that gave hope to science education. https://issues.org/science-curricula-kitzmiller-evolution-classroom-baker/
Climate research scientists Curt Covey (retired) and Karl E. Taylor review the book "Computing the Climate: How We Know What We Know About Climate Change" by Steve E. Easterbrook - https://ncse.ngo/computing-climate-how-we-know-what-we-know-about-climate-change
#BookReviews #ClimateModeling #BookSky
#BookReviews #ClimateModeling #BookSky
[Review] Computing the Climate: How We Know What We Know About Climate Change | National Center for Science Education
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December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Climate research scientists Curt Covey (retired) and Karl E. Taylor review the book "Computing the Climate: How We Know What We Know About Climate Change" by Steve E. Easterbrook - https://ncse.ngo/computing-climate-how-we-know-what-we-know-about-climate-change
#BookReviews #ClimateModeling #BookSky
#BookReviews #ClimateModeling #BookSky
Did you miss of Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet Awards webinar last week? No worries, we have you covered. It's up on our youtube page now, so you can watch at your leisure. https://youtu.be/XV56GYpLmX4?si=7v58y5BlefZ16EnX
December 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Did you miss of Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet Awards webinar last week? No worries, we have you covered. It's up on our youtube page now, so you can watch at your leisure. https://youtu.be/XV56GYpLmX4?si=7v58y5BlefZ16EnX
Only a few hours left to grab this limited-availability merchandise! Consider adding a donation to your purchase to help NCSE! Thank you for standing up for science education!
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NCSE promotes and defends accurate and effective science education because everyone deserves to engage with the evidence.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Only a few hours left to grab this limited-availability merchandise! Consider adding a donation to your purchase to help NCSE! Thank you for standing up for science education!
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Analysis of 3.4 million year old fossils Australopithecus deyiremeda suggests that this species may have coexisted alongside Lucy in the same region, but with a different gait and occupying a different dietary niche. www.science.org/content/arti... #FossilFriday
A puzzling, 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot belonged to a contemporary of the famed Lucy
Identity of the toe bones and other fossils could shake up the human family tree
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December 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Analysis of 3.4 million year old fossils Australopithecus deyiremeda suggests that this species may have coexisted alongside Lucy in the same region, but with a different gait and occupying a different dietary niche. www.science.org/content/arti... #FossilFriday
Are you subscribed to NCSE’s Safeguarding Sound Science podcast? In case you missed them, all episodes of Season 2: Evolution Edition are now available for listening! You can find them, along with Season 1: Climate Edition on our website and wherever you get your podcasts - ncse.ngo/safeguarding...
Safeguarding Sound Science | National Center for Science Education
Safeguarding Sound Science, Evolution EditionThe second season of Safeguarding Sound Science examines the everyday impacts of evolution, the grand theory that informs our understanding of all life on ...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Are you subscribed to NCSE’s Safeguarding Sound Science podcast? In case you missed them, all episodes of Season 2: Evolution Edition are now available for listening! You can find them, along with Season 1: Climate Edition on our website and wherever you get your podcasts - ncse.ngo/safeguarding...
McGill University's Office for Science and Society reflected on a recent poll about Canadian attitudes toward creationism and evolution — with the aid of NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch and former Executive Director Eugenie C. Scott.
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NCSE's Branch and Scott discuss evolution polling in Canada | National Center for Science Education
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December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
McGill University's Office for Science and Society reflected on a recent poll about Canadian attitudes toward creationism and evolution — with the aid of NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch and former Executive Director Eugenie C. Scott.
ncse.ngo/ncses-branch...
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Congratulations to our board member, J. Marshall Shepherd! He was recently granted a Regents' Professorship by the University of Georgia! @drshepherd2013.bsky.social
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Congratulations to J. Marshall Shepherd | National Center for Science Education
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December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Congratulations to our board member, J. Marshall Shepherd! He was recently granted a Regents' Professorship by the University of Georgia! @drshepherd2013.bsky.social
#ScienceSky #ClimateSky
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