Just months before he died, Harvard professor Stephen J. Gould co-signed a letter with his scientific rival Richard Dawkins. In it, these two eminent biologists vowed never to debate the proponents of ...

The Galápagos tortoise helped Charles Darwin formulate his theory of evolution. So did the work of theologian William Paley. (Reuters) Creationism continues to have currency among a significant ...

Sept. 4, 2005 — -- The theory of intelligent design, the purportedly more scientific descendant of creation science, rejects Darwin's theory of evolution as being unable to explain the complexity ...

Over the years the scientific community has largely decided not to take part in public debates over creationism v. evolution. Now they're being careful about how they take on Darwin's latest critics — ...

A federal judge in Dover, Pa. ruled Tuesday against teaching "intelligent design" in public schools. He said intelligent design, which credits an unseen creator with human development, has no place in ...

In March, members of yet another school board--this time in Austin, Texas--will vote on whether to amend science standards that mandate the teaching of evolution. The debate is over a few phrases that ...

Intelligent design is a religious idea and a Pennsylvania school board may not introduce it into the classroom, a federal judge ruled today. Judge John E. Jones III ruled that the Dover Area School ...

Steve Inskeep discusses the current state of intelligent design in American classrooms with Barbara Bradley Hagerty and with Greg Allen, who covered the intelligent design movement in Kansas. Now the ...