http://dir.salon.com/topics/evolution/?source=rss&aim=evolution en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/24/kirk_cameron/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/09/24/kirk_cameron/index.html?source=rss The sitcom star and super-Christian is giving away a new version of "On the Origin of Species," and it's got Nazis By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/27/super_rich_evolution/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/27/super_rich_evolution/index.html?source=rss Is the next stage in human evolution a great leap forward for the wealthy? Maybe so, if we don't fix healthcare By Sarah Karnasiewicz Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2009/07/29/catching_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2009/07/29/catching_fire/index.html?source=rss Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame By Charles Siebert Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/11/wauchula_woods_accord/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/11/wauchula_woods_accord/index.html?source=rss How I learned about my own animality (and "humanzees," Stalin and scary creationists) by living with a chimp By Laura Miller Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/05/18/evocriticism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/05/18/evocriticism/index.html?source=rss Why do we often care more about imaginary characters than real people? A new book suggests that fiction is crucial to our survival as a species. By Gordy Slack Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 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 Alex Koppelman Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/26/texas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/26/texas/index.html?source=rss The state's school board is considering a new anti-evolution curriculum that could affect how the subject is taught throughout the country. By Michael Lind Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/12/lincoln_bicentennial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/12/lincoln_bicentennial/index.html?source=rss Everyone, from President Obama to the GOP, wants a piece of Honest Abe on his bicentennial. Here's where Abraham Lincoln really stood on the issues. By Karl Giberson Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/religion_science/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/religion_science/index.html?source=rss Piercing a Communion wafer with a nail and throwing it in the garbage, as one crusading biologist recently did, does science no favors. By Steve Paulson Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/21/james_carse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/21/james_carse/index.html?source=rss The beauties of religion need to be saved from both the true believers and the trendy atheists, argues compelling religious scholar James Carse. By Vincent Rossmeier Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/01/saving_darwin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/01/saving_darwin/index.html?source=rss Of course they can, argues physicist and theologian Karl Giberson, if only many believers were more sophisticated and atheists less dogmatic. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/30/evolution_and_conservapedia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/30/evolution_and_conservapedia/index.html?source=rss Conservapedia launches attack on evolution. A scientist gets annoyed By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/13/score/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/13/score/index.html?source=rss Human males have yet to evolve flesh-eating sperm like some animals, but their biological imperative for sex has made them into the creatures they are today. By Vincent Rossmeier Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/12/louisiana_creationism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/12/louisiana_creationism/index.html?source=rss Wednesday, the Louisiana House passed a bill that would allow teachers to promote "critical thinking." Critics say it's just intelligent design in a new package. By Gordy Slack Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/13/intelligent_design/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/13/intelligent_design/index.html?source=rss After their notorious legal defeat, intelligent design proponents are resurfacing with insidious new assaults on science. By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/09/grandma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/09/grandma/index.html?source=rss Forget relaxing in retirement! The younger generations need you. By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/20/pink_vs_blue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/20/pink_vs_blue/index.html?source=rss Study reveals that women prefer pinkish hues. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/12/american_taliban/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/12/american_taliban/index.html?source=rss A home-grown jihadi threatens professors of evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. By Steve Paulson Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/01/31/king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/01/31/king/index.html?source=rss Anthropologist Barbara J. King explains what our distant cousins can tell us about religion and why it's OK for scientists to believe in God. By Steve Paulson Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/01/02/numbers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/01/02/numbers/index.html?source=rss Ronald Numbers -- a former Seventh-day Adventist and author of the definitive history of creationism -- discusses his break with the church, whether creationists are less intelligent and why Galileo wasn't really a martyr. By Adrienne So Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/13/mhc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/13/mhc/index.html?source=rss Research suggests that women prefer men whose genetic makeup differs from their own. By Page Rockwell Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/27/porn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/27/porn/index.html?source=rss Both sexes seem to be turned on by dirty movies, but that doesn't mean women are tuning in. By Kevin Berger Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/08/23/shermer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/08/23/shermer/index.html?source=rss Skeptics Society founder Michael Shermer explains why Darwin matters, how believing in God is the same as believing in astrology, and why it doesn't take divine faith to experience something bigger than ourselves. By Steve Paulson Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/08/07/collins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/08/07/collins/index.html?source=rss Francis Collins -- head of the Human Genome Project -- discusses his conversion to evangelical Christianity, why scientists do not need to be atheists, and what C.S. Lewis has to do with it. By Laura Miller Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 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.