http://dir.salon.com/topics/charles_darwin/?source=rss&aim=charles_darwin en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT By Gordy Slack Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/03/28/texas_evolution_case/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/03/28/texas_evolution_case/index.html?source=rss Although the state ruled that schools must support Darwin's theory, creationists are singing the praises of Friday's decision. By Gordy Slack Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/31/creation_museum/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/31/creation_museum/index.html?source=rss Adam and Eve frolic amid the dinosaurs in the new $27 million museum that demonstrates Darwin has nothing on the Book of Genesis. By Christine Smallwood Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/02/12/shawn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/02/12/shawn/index.html?source=rss Allen Shawn -- son of William, brother of Wallace -- is afraid of almost everything, but not of writing a memoir of his phobic life. By Laura Miller Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/06/26/wade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/06/26/wade/index.html?source=rss 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 Steve Paulson Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/05/30/armstrong/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/05/30/armstrong/index.html?source=rss 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 Sarah Elizabeth Richards Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/08/homely_genes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/08/homely_genes/index.html?source=rss Research on male flycatchers topples Darwin's theory of sexual selection. By Andrew O'Hehir Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/08/06/ruse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/08/06/ruse/index.html?source=rss 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 Michelle Goldberg Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/10/evolution/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/10/evolution/index.html?source=rss 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 Alan H. Goldstein Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/30/bioengineering/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/09/30/bioengineering/index.html?source=rss 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 Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/08/20/textbook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/08/20/textbook/index.html?source=rss 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 Christopher Kemp Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/11/dancing_plant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/11/dancing_plant/index.html?source=rss 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 Glenn Scherer Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/06/nature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/01/06/nature/index.html?source=rss 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 Amol Sarva Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/02/13/survival/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2002/02/13/survival/index.html?source=rss Not all fast-mutating organisms flourish. Some go extinct. By Damien Cave Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/11/20/chapman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/11/20/chapman/index.html?source=rss 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 Amol Sarva Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/06/darwin_s_web/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/06/darwin_s_web/index.html?source=rss Even Charles Darwin couldn't have predicted who would emerge from the Web's evolutionary shakeout. By Fiona Morgan Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/05/04/darwin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/05/04/darwin/index.html?source=rss 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 Larry Arnhart Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/02/28/idt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/02/28/idt/index.html?source=rss The religious right takes its best scientific shot at Darwin with "intelligent design" theory. By Edward McSweegan Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/01/18/shipman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/01/18/shipman/index.html?source=rss A new biography recounts the story of the brilliant scientist who fought priests, politicians and jungles to prove Darwin right. By Andrew Brown Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/30/evpsych/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/30/evpsych/index.html?source=rss On the Evolutionary Psychology mailing list, dangerous ideas thrive -- without the usual online rancor and hatred. By John Farrell Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/07/06/einstein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/07/06/einstein/index.html?source=rss Is the great physicist's most famous theory a crock? Members of the anti-relativity underground think so. By Jon Bowen Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/14/kissing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/14/kissing/index.html?source=rss Smooching with a loved one may be good for your health. By Hank Hyena Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/02/04/streakers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/02/04/streakers/index.html?source=rss Sailor dances in his birthday suit at Aussie football match. English waitress brightens up bowls championship in the buff. By J.A. Getzlaff Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/01/10/twine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/01/10/twine/index.html?source=rss A Minnesota town honors the mother of all twine balls. By David Wilson Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/28/latham/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/28/latham/index.html?source=rss William Latham explains why players get to eat their enemies in his new game, Evolva. By Susan McCarthy Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/06/08/nipples/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/06/08/nipples/index.html?source=rss Great thinkers, from Aristotle to Darwin, have pondered this question.