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Although the state ruled that schools must support Darwin's theory, creationists are singing the praises of Friday's decision.
  • You are not your brain

    We have become too reductive in understanding ourselves, argues philosopher Alva Noe. Our thoughts and desires are shaped by more than neurons firing inside our heads.
  • The evolution of creationism

    After their notorious legal defeat, intelligent design proponents are resurfacing with insidious new assaults on science.
  • I feel your pain

    New proof of "mirror neurons" explains why we experience the grief and joy of others, and maybe why humans are altruistic. But don't call us Gandhi yet.
  • 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.
  • Dissecting God

    Philosopher Daniel Dennett argues that America is drowning in religion -- and that faith needs to be analyzed with the tools of science.
  • Survival of the unfittest

    A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that intelligent design is not fit for science classes. But I.D. remains rooted in U.S. schools, where science teachers are pressured to address God in the classroom.
  • Intelligent designer

    The chief defender of intelligent design in the Dover evolution trial insists he has science and God on his side.
  • The atheist

    Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains why God is a delusion, religion is a virus, and America has slipped back into the Dark Ages.

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