Eleven parents filed a lawsuit against the Dover Area School Board when the then-board pushed a theory that wasn't ...

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 ...

Exactly a century ago, national attention was focused on a Tennessee courthouse. It was truly — with apologies to O.J. Simpson some 70 years later — the “trial of the century.” In July 1925, it seemed ...

Senate Bill 2355 proposes requiring schools to teach intelligent design — the belief that a God, rather than evolution, shaped life on Earth. The North Dakota Senate is debating a bill requiring ...

Opponents of Senate Bill 2355 say teaching intelligent design in science classes invites litigation, while supporters say the idea deserves the same attention as the theory of evolution. North Dakota ...

A free talk will examine the 2005 Dover, Pa., trial that tested whether intelligent design could be taught alongside evolution in public school biology classes. The talk begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, in ...

President Bush waded into the debate over evolution and "intelligent design" Monday, saying schools should teach both theories on the creation and complexity of life. In a wide-ranging ...

CARLISLE, Pa. (WHTM) — It was not — retired federal Judge John Jones III would be the first to say — the most substantive moment of a trial that drew global attention. But Jones’ quick retort to a ...