(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

The "intelligent design" bill in Texas dies in committee. Sad news of
the death of Christian de Duve. Plus NCSE is seeking a new executive
director, since Eugenie C. Scott announced her impending retirement.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

The repeal effort in Louisiana fails again. Congratulations are in
order for James E. Hansen. And a look at the state of evolution
education in the Keystone State.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

A new poll offers a degree of insight on American scientific literacy
on issues connected to evolution and climate change. And a new issue
of Reports of the NCSE is published.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

A preview of Brian Switek's My Beloved Brontosaurus. Louisiana's
governor is explicit about the connection between the Louisiana
Science Education Act and creationism. And a new issue of Evolution:
Education and Outreach -- in a new open access format.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

Is antievolution legislation on the horizon in Pennsylvania? The final
version of the Next Generation Science Standards was released --
including evolution and climate change. Plus a new Gallup poll on
climate change, and three new members of NCSE's Advisory Council.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

A new poll on global warming from the Pew Research Center for the
People and the Press. Plus a new report discusses acceptance of
climate change among Republicans, and NCSE's Josh Rosenau discusses
what the creationist movement reveals about the future of climate
change denial.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

NCSE's Mark McCaffrey is interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition. And a
preview of Marlene Zuk's Paleofantasy.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

The Baton Rouge Advocate endorses the effort to repeal Louisiana's
antievolution law. NCSE's Eugenie C. Scott is named as the Rosenblatt
Lecturer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for 2013. A
proposed revision to the British national curriculum would eliminate
any discussion of climate change at the primary level. And a bill to
repeal the antievolution law in Louisiana is prefiled -- will the
third time be the charm?

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

The second of Oklahoma's antiscience bills is dead. A new batch of
videos at NCSE's YouTube channel. And ClimateWire covers the recent
spate of bills aimed at enabling climate change denial in the public
schools.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear friends of NCSE,

The young-earth creationist Duane T. Gish is dead. A new report from
NCSE discusses how to improve climate and energy literacy in the
United States over the next decade. Plus a preview of Peter D. Ward's
The Flooded Earth; Zack Kopplin is interviewed on Moyers and Friends;
Kansas's "strengths and weaknesses" bill aimed at climate science is
dead; and NCSE's Glenn Branch discusses the provenance of antiscience
bills at DeSmogBlog.