Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head. By Carl Zimmer A leading ...

A Casey Luskin: Creationism starts with a holy writ like the Bible, but intelligent design starts with the empirical discoveries of science — like the genetic information embedded in DNA. Also, ...

Twenty years ago, when I was an undergraduate, many in academia considered me a walking contradiction: I was both an aspiring biologist and a practicing Catholic. As I was told quite bluntly by one of ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the theory of evolution. A course being ...

Science and religion: a brief historical overview -- Charles Darwin and the Darwinian revolution -- Social Darwinism and eugenics -- Theistic evolutionists -- Arguments for creationism and intelligent ...

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 ...

I was watching an episode of the excellent space drama, Battlestar Galactica, a few weeks ago when an unexpected and shocking revelation about the theory of Intelligent Design hit me. In this show, ...

The opponents of evolution sure have evolved, said Ellen Goodman in The Boston Globe. Just 20 years ago, they were insisting that Genesis' account of a six-day creation was literally true, and wanted ...