(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

New poll data on public understanding of evolution in Australia. A new
issue of Reports of the NCSE is now available on-line. NCSE offers a
free preview of Peter M. Hoffman's Life's Ratchet. Elaine Morgan,
advocate of the "aquatic ape" hypothesis, is dead. And videos of a
conference on communicating climate science, featuring NCSE staff, are
now available from the American Geophysical Union.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Antievolution activity is still a problem in Turkey. NCSE is seeking a
new editor for Reports of the NCSE. And climate change is back in the
national curriculum in Britain.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

The Next Generation Science Standards are now five for five. And
Eugenie C. Scott talks about the challenges to climate education with
Inside Climate News.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

A discouraging report on evolution education in Turkey. New videos on
NCSE's YouTube channel. And kudos from the Society for the Study of
Evolution for Judy Scotchmoor.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Congratulations to Bill McKibben. A reminder that you can help NCSE's
archives. And two voices from evolution from the Sooner State.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

Kansas adopts the Next Generation Science Standards despite protests
about evolution and climate change. Plus a symposium on "Democracy and
Science" that addresses evolution and climate science, and a free
preview of Adam Rutherford's Creation.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

Louisiana's equal-time-for-creation-science law remains on the books.
A reminder that NCSE is seeking a new executive director. A new issue
of Reports of the NCSE is available. And a new voice for evolution is
raised in Oregon.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

A setback for the attempt to remove the unconstitutional Balanced
Treatment Act from Louisiana's statutes. A statement supporting the
teaching of climate change from the American Meteorological Society.
And a preview of John A. Long's The Dawn of the Deed.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

Good news from Missouri; a new honor for Eugenie C. Scott; and a new
study confirming the existence of a robust scientific consensus on
climate change.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

A tribute to NCSE in the pages of Nature. A possible sign of progress
in Louisiana. Sad news of the death of Mark Perakh. A worldwide poll
of Muslims offering a degree of insight on their views of evolution.
And a preview of Eugenie C. Scott's Evolution vs. Creationism.