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Events of the Past Year
May 16, 2007 to Present

 Alabama
Alabama antievolution bill dies
Antievolution legislation in Alabama
 California
California Academy of Sciences adds its voice for evolution
Interim victory in California creationism case
Over in Roseville
 Florida
Florida science standards shooting for an A, says expert
Opposition to the antievolution bills in Florida
Antievolution bills in Florida progress
Evolution in the Florida state science standards
Update on evolution in the Florida state science standards
A second antievolution bill in Florida
The aftermath in Florida
Antievolution bills continue to advance through Florida legislature
The e-word arrives in Florida
Evolution under siege in Florida
Antievolution bills dead in Florida
Creationist pressure mounting in Florida
Tallahassee Scientific Society adds its voice for evolution
Antievolution resolutions spreading through northern Florida
Antievolution legislation in Florida
 Illinois
Christian professor embattled for supporting evolution
 Indiana
Indiana Academy of Science adds its voice for evolution
 Kentucky
Fletcher loses Kentucky governorship
Tourism agency revises its description of the creation "museum"
A Trip to the Anti-Museum
Reactions to creation "museum"
And now a word about the creation "museum"
Answers in Genesis in legal turmoil
Tourism agency charged with improperly promoting creation "museum"
Paleontologists denounce creation "museum"
The Smart Set visits the Creation "Museum"
 Louisiana
Louisiana antievolution bill passes Senate
Louisiana's antievolution bill under scrutiny
Antievolution bill in Louisiana progresses
A second antievolution bill in Louisiana
Antievolution legislation in Louisiana
 Massachusetts
Creationist files lawsuit against Woods Hole
Creationist's lawsuit against Woods Hole dismissed
Evolution education in Massachusetts
 Michigan
Antievolution legislation in Michigan
 Missouri
A new antievolution bill in Missouri
 New Mexico
Science Watch podcasts from NMSR
 Oklahoma
Oklahoma Academy of Science adds its voice for evolution
 South Carolina
Antievolution legislation in South Carolina
South Carolina board of education sees the light
 Tennessee
Tennessee creationist measure is dead for now
Judgment Day censored in Memphis?
 Texas
McLeroy accused of hostility to science education and religious tolerance
ICR seeks to grant degrees in Texas
The Comer controversy continues
Reaction to the Comer resignation
The latest on the Comer controversy
Barbara Forrest on Chris Comer's forced resignation
Decision on ICR's graduate school deferred
Texas education official forced to resign over evolution
Antievolutionist appointed to head Texas state board of education
Norma Gabler dies
Survey shows overwhelming opposition to ICR certification
BSCS concerned about Texas
ICR fails to obtain certification in Texas
Pro-science board member wins primary challenge
Scientists oppose ICR certification in Texas
Texas Academy of Sciences adds its voice for evolution
 United Kingdom
The Association for Science Education adds its voice for evolution
Designing Darwin contest
Guidance on creationism for British teachers
The Geological Society of London adds its voice for evolution
 National
Newest Templeton Prize winner rejects "intelligent design"
Hacking reviews creationism/evolution books in The Nation
Earmark for Louisiana creationist group?
D. James Kennedy dies
Call for Papers: Special Journal Issue of Science & Education
National Council for the Social Studies adds its voice for evolution
Gross drubs Behe in The New Criterion
Creationism/evolution in Discover
First Freedom First simulcast: March 26
Groups Ask Senate to Remove Earmark Promoting Creationism from Spending Bil
Earmark for Anti-Science Creationist Group Must Be Removed
"Creationists are Vitter's latest hookup"
Forrest and Gross on "Biochemistry by design"
Alliance for Science essay contest winners
Expelled excoriated
Summer reading in Natural History
"Understanding the intelligent design creationist movement"
Behe's latest scrutinized
Evolution in The New York Times
Judgment Day wins a Peabody Award
Dawkins reviews Behe in The New York Times
Kenneth R. Miller webcast: April 4
Islamic creationism invading the United States
Expelled producers accused of copyright infringement
Call for Papers: Darwin's Reach
The Clergy Letter Project wants you
Flock of Dodos now on home DVD
McComas wins Evolution Education Award
Vitter earmark withdrawn
Miller drubs Behe in Nature
Science, Evolution, and Creationism released
McGill Journal of Education special issue on teaching evolution
American Geophysical Union adds its voice for evolution
Padian on Darwin's enduring legacy
Evolution: Education and Outreach debuts
Stanley Miller dies
ISSR adds its voice for evolution
William F. Buckley Jr. dies
United Church of Christ embracing evolution
A call for a presidential debate on science and technology
Alliance for Science evolution essay contest
Creationist geology in the news and on the air
American Fisheries Society adds its voice for evolution
Kudos for Science, Evolution, and Creationism
Matzke drubs Behe in Trends in Ecology and Evolution
"Evolution and Its Discontents: A Role for Scientists in Science Education"
The second issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
Judgment Day praised in Nature
Union of Concerned Scientists adds its voice for evolution
Judgment Day in the news
Darwin Day approaches
 International
Council of Europe approves resolution against creationism
The Pope on evolution again
"Harun Yahya" sentenced to prison
 NCSE News
Help wanted
NCSE videos about creationism heat up debate on YouTube
Philip Kitcher on Point of Inquiry
New NCSE logo contest
Bruce Alberts appointed as new editor-in-chief of Science
"In the Beginning" redux
Help wanted
Help wanted
Eyeing "ID"
NCSE's Scott receives prize from SDB
Tell your librarian...
Catching up with RNCSE
NCSE's Scott to be honored by the University of New Mexico
Malcolm McKenna dies
NCSE president elected to AAAS
NCSE Logo Contest Winner
Congratulations to Carl Zimmer
Judgment Day Accurate, NCSE Reports
Expelled flunks the test
Not in Our Classrooms lauded in BioScience
Padian reviews Kitzmiller books
NCSE's Scott to be honored by UCSF
NCSE on Facebook
New faces at NCSE
Farewell, Nick
Padian on improving evolution education
Expelled exposed
Catching up with RNCSE
Learn to teach evolution with NCSE's Louise Mead
Congratulations to Fraknoi, Lynch, and Wright
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