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 ...

US scientists are again on the offensive against intelligent design, an idea that many see as thinly veiled creationism. The latest round stems from remarks by President George W. Bush, who on 1 ...

The advocates of Intelligent design believe evolution alone can't explain certain ingenious structures found in living things - such as the optical precision of an eye; the tiny propeller attached to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Intelligent design -- the idea that life is too complex to have evolved through Darwinian evolution -- is stirring up controversy not only in high school classrooms but also at universities and ...

Supporters of “intelligent design” ventured deep into the realm of biological and chemical research last week in an attempt to show the concept’s scientific legitimacy—as well as its legal standing in ...

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