When Ella al-Shamahi went to college, she thought she'd be able to prove Darwin's theory of evolution was wrong. Instead, she was convinced the science was right.

College students' views about evolution and creationism are often shaped by what they learned in their high school biology classes, according to a new study. College students' views about evolution ...

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 ...

When making significant life decisions, you should be aware of both sides of the issue. Without that awareness, you can't make rational decisions. Such is true in a young person's decision to believe ...

Adam Laats is a historian teaching at Binghamton University, specializing in the intersection of culture wars and education. He has a special gift for critically examining the positions of religious ...

After two weeks of hype about a football game that turned out to be far less exciting than expected and after what feels like two months' worth of reports about wicked winter weather, it's nice to ...

In 1878, the American scholar and minister Sebastian Adams put the final touches on the third edition of his grandest project: a massive Synchronological Chart that covers nothing less than the entire ...

When it comes to ideas about how life on Earth originated, Americans and Brits see things very differently. While 40% of British adults think living things arose because "conditions here on Earth ...

Did modern life on Earth evolve over millions of years, or was it created in the blink of an eye by God? That's the gist of the debate between scientists and creationists, which has been ongoing ever ...

Fundamentalists are vowing to make a last stand for God in Dayton, Tenn., on July 14 when a new statue will be installed on the courthouse lawn. Going up alongside a likeness of William Jennings Bryan ...

Call it survival of the fittest policy. “It is one thing to say that two bills have some resemblances, and another thing to say that bill X was copied from bill Y with greater than 90 percent ...