A leading evolutionary biologist who defended Darwin’s theory in books and in the courtroom, he was forced to retire amid charges of sexual harassment. By Cornelia Dean The debate isn’t just about ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A textbook advocating “intelligent design” as an alternative to evolution in high-school science classes was written originally as a biblically based creationist text, a philosophy ...

A new study asks why the ID movement hasn’t left a more enduring mark on scientific or religious thought. Like a brightly ...

SEATTLE — Critics of intelligent design seem to think it’s a code word for “creationism.” It’s no wonder they think so, say some of its proponents. Many creationists are making the same mistake. The ...

If the new creationism, intelligent design, was taught in this comparative manner to establish the difference between biological science based on testable hypotheses and intelligent design, a ...

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I like the term "Cdesign proponentsists" As I watched Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial I couldn't help but think about all the times creationism (also known as Intelligent Design) has made ...

ROME -- A Vatican-backed conference on evolution is under attack from people who weren't invited to participate: those espousing creationism and intelligent design. The Seattle-based Discovery ...

Michael Shermer is founding publisher of Skeptic magazine and the author of "Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown" (Times Books, 2005). According to intelligent-design theory, life is ...

Thus for someone who knows, really knows, that god(s) exists (and there are many people who claim to know that god(s) exists) then some form of creationism follows as a rational deduction from the ...

A: Science is a systematic form of inquiry, based on observation, prediction, reasoning, and testing, that explains how the natural universe works and seeks to continually advance our knowledge.