Richard Dawkins: God among atheists
The scientist talks about his guide to evolution, his own fame and why it's pointless to argue with creationists
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A nation of conspiracy theorists can’t be wrong
From miracle diets to creationism to rumors about the origins of 9/11, a new book traces our irrational love of misinformation.
Thursday, Oct 2, 2008 10:30 AM UTC 128Entertainment Religion, Creationism, Science
Louisiana schools open to creationism?
Wednesday, the Louisiana House passed a bill that would allow teachers to promote "critical thinking." Critics say it's just intelligent design in a new package.
Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 9:18 PM UTC 51Politics War Room, Evolution, Creationism
The religious state of Islamic science
Turkish-American physicist Taner Edis explains why science in Muslim lands remains stuck in the past -- and why the Golden Age of Mesopotamia wasn't so golden after all.
Monday, Aug 13, 2007 12:30 PM UTC 68Entertainment Religion, Atoms and Eden
American Taliban on the warpath against evolution
A home-grown jihadi threatens professors of evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Thursday, Jul 12, 2007 6:59 PM UTC 13Politics Religion, Globalization
Seeing the light — of science
Ronald Numbers -- a former Seventh-day Adventist and author of the definitive history of creationism -- discusses his break with the church, whether creationists are less intelligent and why Galileo wasn't really a martyr.
Tuesday, Jan 2, 2007 12:00 PM UTC 131Entertainment Atoms and Eden
The know-nothings
Pro-business Republicans and the religious right have joined in a frighteningly successful campaign to undermine the findings of science.
Wednesday, Sep 14, 2005 5:59 PM UTCEntertainment Stem cells, Global Warming
Archaeology from the dark side
Creationists and New Agers have formed a common front to undermine mainstream archaeology and its scientific view of the human past. Are they winning?
Wednesday, Aug 31, 2005 7:37 PM UTCNews Creationism, Archaeology
Priests in lab coats
Philosopher Michael Ruse is an ardent evolutionist who thinks creationism is claptrap. So why is he accusing atheistic scientists like Richard Dawkins of being as religious as born-again Bible thumpers?
Saturday, Aug 6, 2005 7:02 PM UTCEntertainment Author Interviews, Evolution
A real monkey trial
At Kansas' mock trial of evolution, the creationist majority flaunted its ignorance of high-school level science. How close is the religious right to bringing God into the classroom?
Friday, May 13, 2005 7:26 PM UTCNews Evolution, Creationism
The new Monkey Trial
By persuading the Dover, Pa., school board to teach creationism, Christian zealots have provoked a showdown over the status of not just evolutionary theory, but science itself.
Tuesday, Jan 11, 2005 12:26 AM UTCNews Evolution, Charles Darwin
Right Hook
Pro-lifers seize on Scott Peterson's death sentence; creationists behold an ancient Indonesian dwarf. Plus: Will tranny-bashing Limbaugh get an FCC spanking?
Wednesday, Dec 15, 2004 10:06 PM UTCPolitics 2004 Elections, Abortion
Assault on evolution
The religious right takes its best scientific shot at Darwin with "intelligent design" theory.
Wednesday, Feb 28, 2001 5:32 PM UTCEntertainment Education, Evolution, Creationism
Letters to the Editor
Horowitz is wrong: Cornel West is no lightweight! Plus: Coastal elitists bash Kansas "rednecks"; women hurt women in campus tenure battles.
Monday, Oct 18, 1999 4:00 PM UTCAll Salon Al Gore, Evolution, Creationism
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Robin Williams stinks (maybe); the WNBA doesn't need The Dunk; attack ads and the First Amendment.
Friday, Sep 10, 1999 4:00 PM UTCAll Salon Stephanie Zacharek, Evolution
Letters to the Editor
Demonizing Disney; there's no such thing as "reverse racism"; couldn't God have created evolution?
Wednesday, Sep 1, 1999 4:00 PM UTCAll Salon Disney, George W. Bush, Evolution
Counter-evolutionary
Baffled by the dumping of Darwin in the Sunflower State? Bone up on creationism and Kansas.
Thursday, Aug 19, 1999 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment Education, Religion
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