Charles Darwin

Inside the Creation Museum
Adam and Eve frolic amid the dinosaurs in the new $27 million museum that demonstrates Darwin has nothing on the Book of Genesis.
Fear factors
Allen Shawn -- son of William, brother of Wallace -- is afraid of almost everything, but not of writing a memoir of his phobic life.
Who are you?
More and more people are trying to trace their ancestry with a quick DNA test. A new book -- and my own experiment -- show that science can reveal some interesting things about your past, but not necessarily what you want to know.
Going beyond God
Historian and former nun Karen Armstrong says the afterlife is a "red herring," hating religion is a pathology and that many Westerners cling to infantile ideas of God.
Hope for the homely
Research on male flycatchers topples Darwin's theory of sexual selection.
Priests in lab coats
Philosopher Michael Ruse is an ardent evolutionist who thinks creationism is claptrap. So why is he accusing atheistic scientists like Richard Dawkins of being as religious as born-again Bible thumpers?
The new Monkey Trial
By persuading the Dover, Pa., school board to teach creationism, Christian zealots have provoked a showdown over the status of not just evolutionary theory, but science itself.
Invasion of the high-tech body snatchers
Ready for infrared vision, and hearts that work better than the original? While bioethicists obsess over cloning, bioengineers will soon be able to replace every part of our bodies.
A textbook case of bad science
Defenders of evolutionary theory in Texas say creation scientists are getting sneakier -- and more successful -- in getting their views into public school educational materials.
The dancing plant
Darwin was obsessed by it, although even he never trained his weedy Asian shrub to twitch its leaves to the sound of music. But in a small town in northern Thailand ...
George Bush's war on nature
Republicans are pushing the most radical assault on the environment in modern times. But history warns of catastrophe for leaders who trust ideology over science.
Evolution, Enron-style
Not all fast-mutating organisms flourish. Some go extinct.
"Trials of the Monkey" by Matthew Chapman
Charles Darwin's boozy, girl-crazy great-great-grandson goes to Tennessee to sneer at the Bible-quoting locals -- and stays to learn a lesson in faith.
Survival of the losers
Even Charles Darwin couldn't have predicted who would emerge from the Web's evolutionary shakeout.
Louisiana calls Darwin a racist
The state Legislature casts him in the same league as Hitler. A science educator says it's going to be a rough year for evolutionists.
Assault on evolution
The religious right takes its best scientific shot at Darwin with "intelligent design" theory.
"The Man Who Found the Missing Link" by Pat Shipman
A new biography recounts the story of the brilliant scientist who fought priests, politicians and jungles to prove Darwin right.
Flameproof racism
On the Evolutionary Psychology mailing list, dangerous ideas thrive -- without the usual online rancor and hatred.
Did Einstein cheat?
Is the great physicist's most famous theory a crock? Members of the anti-relativity underground think so.
Kissing therapy
Smooching with a loved one may be good for your health.
Stressed sailor, bored waitress bare all
Sailor dances in his birthday suit at Aussie football match. English waitress brightens up bowls championship in the buff.
The twine that binds
A Minnesota town honors the mother of all twine balls.
Cannibal games
William Latham explains why players get to eat their enemies in his new game, Evolva.
Why do men have nipples?
Great thinkers, from Aristotle to Darwin, have pondered this question.
Hot Flash: The end of girl talk?
Darwinian anthropologist Helen Fisher talks about polygamy, loyalty and why a bubbly young chick like Monica Lewinsky would confide in a sour stepsister like Linda Tripp.

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