Glenn Branch
@glennbranch.bsky.social
Deputy Director, NCSE. Views expressed on BlueSky are my own and not necessarily NCSE's.
Since I've been baking rye bread recently, I was particularly interested in "When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us," from PBS Eons.
When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us
YouTube video by PBS Eons
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February 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Since I've been baking rye bread recently, I was particularly interested in "When Ancient Weeds Fooled Us," from PBS Eons.
Maryland's House Bill 620 would, if enacted, require the state's governor annually to proclaim the first week of April as Maryland Climate Education Week.
mgaleg.maryland.gov
January 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Maryland's House Bill 620 would, if enacted, require the state's governor annually to proclaim the first week of April as Maryland Climate Education Week.
Here's the article to which they were responding.
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?
issues.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Here's the article to which they were responding.
Jamie Jensen and Joe Shane both offered thoughtful responses to a great article about Kitzmiller v. Dover, "Of Pandas and Science Curricula" by Monya Baker (@monyab.bsky.social).
Lessons for Teaching Evolution
The issue of teaching evolution in public schools is much more nuanced than a caricaturized “battle” between faith and science.
issues.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Jamie Jensen and Joe Shane both offered thoughtful responses to a great article about Kitzmiller v. Dover, "Of Pandas and Science Curricula" by Monya Baker (@monyab.bsky.social).
"Climate change and sustainability in science and social science primary school curricula": a new report from UNESCO.
unesdoc.unesco.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"Climate change and sustainability in science and social science primary school curricula": a new report from UNESCO.
Wesley Roberts, a veteran biology teacher in Tennessee, discusses the Scopes trial with Secular Rising US.
A Chat with Mr. Scopes Monkey Trial
YouTube video by Secular Rising US
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Wesley Roberts, a veteran biology teacher in Tennessee, discusses the Scopes trial with Secular Rising US.
"An ExxonMobil-backed initiative, Carbon Measures, is pushing to reshape how the world does the math on climate change. Their system, outside analysts point out, leaves consumers holding the bag."
After Decades of Deflection, ExxonMobil Moves to Reshape Global Climate Accounting
For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution “liabilities”...
www.desmog.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"An ExxonMobil-backed initiative, Carbon Measures, is pushing to reshape how the world does the math on climate change. Their system, outside analysts point out, leaves consumers holding the bag."
Reposted by Glenn Branch
Our project director Rebecca Lindsey features in a new TIME story, “The Women Saving America’s Climate Data.” The article features our efforts to save content created on behalf of NOAA and the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
You can access the full article through Climate.us "In the Press" page.
You can access the full article through Climate.us "In the Press" page.
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Our project director Rebecca Lindsey features in a new TIME story, “The Women Saving America’s Climate Data.” The article features our efforts to save content created on behalf of NOAA and the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
You can access the full article through Climate.us "In the Press" page.
You can access the full article through Climate.us "In the Press" page.
Celebrate Darwin Day by attending Alex Bezzerides's talk for Bay Area Skeptics on "Evolution Gone Wrong," online at 7:30 p.m. Pacific on February 12!
January 23, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Celebrate Darwin Day by attending Alex Bezzerides's talk for Bay Area Skeptics on "Evolution Gone Wrong," online at 7:30 p.m. Pacific on February 12!
In a wide-ranging interview with Carbon Brief, Ben Santer says the Trump administration is "engaged in a systematic attempt to dismantle climate science."
Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science - Carbon Brief
In an interview with Carbon Brief, Santer says the Trump administration is “engaged in a systematic attempt to dismantle climate science”
www.carbonbrief.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:31 PM
In a wide-ranging interview with Carbon Brief, Ben Santer says the Trump administration is "engaged in a systematic attempt to dismantle climate science."
In which I discuss creationist misuse of a quotation from James Bryant Conant.
Conant the Barbarian? Part 1 | National Center for Science Education
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
ncse.ngo
January 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In which I discuss creationist misuse of a quotation from James Bryant Conant.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"Until 1832 the only legitimate supply of cadavers came from the end of the hangman's rope, and, although Britain had many crimes punishable by death, the supply was never enough to meet the demand."
"Until 1832 the only legitimate supply of cadavers came from the end of the hangman's rope, and, although Britain had many crimes punishable by death, the supply was never enough to meet the demand."
January 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"Until 1832 the only legitimate supply of cadavers came from the end of the hangman's rope, and, although Britain had many crimes punishable by death, the supply was never enough to meet the demand."
"Until 1832 the only legitimate supply of cadavers came from the end of the hangman's rope, and, although Britain had many crimes punishable by death, the supply was never enough to meet the demand."
"Data from multiple international agencies shows the reality of a rapidly warming world."
New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’ - Inside Climate News
Data from multiple international agencies shows the reality of a rapidly warming world.
insideclimatenews.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"Data from multiple international agencies shows the reality of a rapidly warming world."
Tyrant Lizard Queen: a new book on its way from Riley Black (@restingdinoface.bsky.social)!
Tyrant Lizard Queen
From the author of the beloved The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, an imaginative celebration of T Rex from hatching to adulthoodTyrannosaurus rex is a prehistor...
us.macmillan.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Tyrant Lizard Queen: a new book on its way from Riley Black (@restingdinoface.bsky.social)!
"I hope that the decision to withdraw from the IPCC will not be lost in the noise of dysfunction and chaos that now characterizes daily life in the United States," writes Ben Santer.
Pulling out of 66 international organizations, Trump turns his back on science, facts, reason
Under the Trump Administration, international law, conserving nature, protecting children from war, developing renewable energy, and building peace are issues antithetical to US interests.
thebulletin.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"I hope that the decision to withdraw from the IPCC will not be lost in the noise of dysfunction and chaos that now characterizes daily life in the United States," writes Ben Santer.
A new publication from yours truly, along with the rest of Jon D. Miller's team: "The development of just-in-time information acquisition behaviors in Generation X."
The development of just-in-time information acquisition behaviors in Generation X
The ways that humans acquire information is undergoing a fundamental change comparable to the introduction of Gutenberg’s moveable type and printing press and the development of broadcast systems i...
www.tandfonline.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A new publication from yours truly, along with the rest of Jon D. Miller's team: "The development of just-in-time information acquisition behaviors in Generation X."
Reposted by Glenn Branch
E&E by Politico gave a shoutout to Climate.us in a feature on the challenges of rescuing canceled climate data.
See this and other stories at www.climate.us#press.
#ClimateForUs
See this and other stories at www.climate.us#press.
#ClimateForUs
January 14, 2026 at 1:25 PM
E&E by Politico gave a shoutout to Climate.us in a feature on the challenges of rescuing canceled climate data.
See this and other stories at www.climate.us#press.
#ClimateForUs
See this and other stories at www.climate.us#press.
#ClimateForUs
News of the death of Erich von Däniken, not only pseudoarchaeologist but also antievolutionist -- see, e.g., his Evolution Is Wrong: A Radical Approach to the Origin and Transformation of Life (2022).
Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
News of the death of Erich von Däniken, not only pseudoarchaeologist but also antievolutionist -- see, e.g., his Evolution Is Wrong: A Radical Approach to the Origin and Transformation of Life (2022).
"The year that just ended saw numerous records broken on climate and clean energy," writes Dana Nuccitelli (@dananuccitelli.bsky.social).
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.
yaleclimateconnections.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"The year that just ended saw numerous records broken on climate and clean energy," writes Dana Nuccitelli (@dananuccitelli.bsky.social).
Sad news of the death of Larry Lerner.
Lawrence S. Lerner, advocate for evolution education and NCSE Friend of Darwin, dies at 91 | National Center for Science Education
ncse.ngo
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Sad news of the death of Larry Lerner.
"Scientists are racing to rescue hundreds of datasets, websites and federal reports [with information about climate change] that have been deleted by the administration."
All the climate info that disappeared under Trump. And how it’s being saved.
Scientists are racing to rescue hundreds of datasets, websites and federal reports that have been deleted by the administration.
www.eenews.net
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"Scientists are racing to rescue hundreds of datasets, websites and federal reports [with information about climate change] that have been deleted by the administration."
In which I argue that the Victorian flat-earth movement was unlikely to have been inspired by the obscure 1819 pamphlet The Anti-Newtonian. (Paywalled; e-mail me if you want a PDF.)
Did The Anti-Newtonian Inspire the Flat-Earth Movement? | Skeptical Inquirer
When Kelly Weill begins her capsule history of the modern flat-earth movement in the opening chapters of her recent book Off the Edge (Weill 2022; reviewed ...
skepticalinquirer.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
In which I argue that the Victorian flat-earth movement was unlikely to have been inspired by the obscure 1819 pamphlet The Anti-Newtonian. (Paywalled; e-mail me if you want a PDF.)
If you enjoyed "Death by Lightning," then surely you will want to know about James A. Garfield's participation in a debate over evolution in 1858.
Garfield’s Evolution Debate | National Center for Science Education
ncse.ngo
January 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
If you enjoyed "Death by Lightning," then surely you will want to know about James A. Garfield's participation in a debate over evolution in 1858.
A hilarious look at Fuel-less -- a Big Oil-funded propaganda featurette indebted to the movie Clueless -- from Climate Town (@climatetown.bsky.social).
The Forbidden Film Big Oil Tried to Erase
YouTube video by Climate Town
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A hilarious look at Fuel-less -- a Big Oil-funded propaganda featurette indebted to the movie Clueless -- from Climate Town (@climatetown.bsky.social).