Although the state ruled that schools must support Darwin's theory, creationists are singing the praises of Friday's decision.
By Gordy Slack Mar 28, 2009
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Adam and Eve frolic amid the dinosaurs in the new $27 million museum that demonstrates Darwin has nothing on the Book of Genesis.
By Gordy Slack
May 31, 2007
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Allen Shawn -- son of William, brother of Wallace -- is afraid of almost everything, but not of writing a memoir of his phobic life.
By Christine Smallwood
February 12, 2007
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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.
By Laura Miller
June 26, 2006
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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.
By Steve Paulson
May 30, 2006
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Research on male flycatchers topples Darwin's theory of sexual selection.
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
May 8, 2006
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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?
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 6, 2005
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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.
By Michelle Goldberg
January 10, 2005
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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.
By Alan H. Goldstein
September 30, 2003
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Defenders of evolutionary theory in Texas say creation scientists are getting sneakier -- and more successful -- in getting their views into public school educational materials.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
August 20, 2003
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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 ...
By Christopher Kemp
March 11, 2003
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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.
By Glenn Scherer
January 6, 2003
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Not all fast-mutating organisms flourish. Some go extinct.
By Amol Sarva
February 13, 2002
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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.
By Damien Cave
November 20, 2001
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Even Charles Darwin couldn't have predicted who would emerge from the Web's evolutionary shakeout.
By Amol Sarva
June 6, 2001
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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.
By Fiona Morgan
May 4, 2001
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The religious right takes its best scientific shot at Darwin with "intelligent design" theory.
By Larry Arnhart
February 28, 2001
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A new biography recounts the story of the brilliant scientist who fought priests, politicians and jungles to prove Darwin right.
By Edward McSweegan
January 18, 2001
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On the Evolutionary Psychology mailing list, dangerous ideas thrive -- without the usual online rancor and hatred.
By Andrew Brown
August 30, 2000
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Is the great physicist's most famous theory a crock? Members of the anti-relativity underground think so.
By John Farrell
July 6, 2000
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Smooching with a loved one may be good for your health.
By Jon Bowen
February 14, 2000
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Sailor dances in his birthday suit at Aussie football match. English waitress brightens up bowls championship in the buff.
By Hank Hyena
February 4, 2000
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A Minnesota town honors the mother of all twine balls.
By J.A. Getzlaff
January 10, 2000
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William Latham explains why players get to eat their enemies in his new game, Evolva.
By David Wilson
October 28, 1999
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Great thinkers, from Aristotle to Darwin, have pondered this question.
By Susan McCarthy
June 8, 1999
Texas on evolution: Needs further study
Inside the Creation Museum
Fear factors
Who are you?
Going beyond God
Hope for the homely
Priests in lab coats
The new Monkey Trial
Invasion of the high-tech body snatchers
A textbook case of bad science
The dancing plant
George Bush's war on nature
Evolution, Enron-style
"Trials of the Monkey" by Matthew Chapman
Survival of the losers
Louisiana calls Darwin a racist
Assault on evolution
"The Man Who Found the Missing Link" by Pat Shipman
Flameproof racism
Did Einstein cheat?
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