Evolution supporters argue: Courts have affirmed evolution's place in education. Creationism is just a belief, not based on empirical data, and not testable. Creationism undermines critical thinking ...

High school teachers appear to be a little averse to teaching evolutionary theory in their classrooms. A representative research survey conducted by Penn State professors Michael Berkman and Eric ...

Cohen is the author of the new book Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle for a More Unjust America Tennessee was the center of the national debate when it prosecuted John Thomas ...

One hundred years ago a young teacher, John T. Scopes, went on trial in Dayton, Tenn., for violating a recently enacted state law that forbade the state’s educators “to teach any theory that denies ...

More than 800 religious congregations nationwide, including two in Sonoma County, this weekend will gather to consider the proposition that science and religion -- the biblical account of Genesis and ...

One hundred years ago, a substitute teacher in Dayton, Tenn., was charged with the crime of teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. His name was John Scopes. At the time, ...

Speakers at a school board meeting and on social media have voiced opposition, citing religious beliefs and a desire for more open discussion. The letter states that evolution is a unifying scientific ...

One hundred years ago, a small town in eastern Tennessee captured the attention of the entire country. A biology teacher in Dayton was accused of teaching human evolution to his students — which was ...

Pangolins, often called “scaly anteaters,” are among nature’s most extraordinary mammals. Their bodies are covered with tough, overlapping scales that act as living armor. These scales are more than ...