The SciencesMarch 2, 2011
Creationism Controversy: State by State [Updated Map]
Interactive map highlights recent battlegrounds in evolution education
Creationism Vs. Evolution
The controversy over evolution rages on. Win all your debates against creationists with the science in our special report.
The SciencesSeptember 16, 2008
Better late than never? Clergyman says church owes Darwin an apology
The SciencesSeptember 10, 2008
Evolving Creationism in the Classroom
Creationists cast themselves as proponents of "academic freedom"
Mind & BrainJune 24, 2008
Can a Robot, an Insect or God Be Aware?
Our intuitions about consciousness in other beings and objects reveal a lot about how we think
The SciencesApril 9, 2008
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed--Scientific American's Take
John Rennie, Michael Shermer and Steve Mirsky all watched Ben Stein's new antievolution movie. Here's what they had to say about its design flaws.
The SciencesApril 9, 2008
Expelled Explained
A new movie, Expelled, claims that intelligent design is good science that is being censored by adherents to evolution, which is nothing but Darwinian dogma. Scientific American's editor-in-chief, John Rennie, and podcast host Steve Mirsky discuss the movie. And Eugenie Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education, talks about being interviewed for the film as well as her organization's efforts to provide correct information about the claims in Expelled. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. For more of SciAm's coverage of Expelled visit www.sciam.com/expelled. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.expelledthemovie.com; www.expelledexposed.com; www.natcenscied.org
The SciencesJanuary 3, 2008
Science Societies Urge Education
A consortium of scientific societies wants the scientific community to get more involved in science education, including evolution--before it's too late. Steve Mirsky reports.
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2007
Rational Atheism
An open letter to Messrs. Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens
The SciencesJuly 25, 2007
Saddle Up That Stegosaurus--A Visit to the Creation Museum
In this episode Columbia College Chicago's Stephen Asma discusses the new antievolution Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., as well as his books on natural history museums and monsters, both mythological and teratological. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.skeptic.com, www.stephenasma.com
The SciencesJuly 12, 2007
Science Museums Adapt in Struggle against Creationist Revisionism [Slide Show]
Institutions step up fight against attacks on theory of evolution
EvolutionJuly 1, 2007
Should Science Speak to Faith?
Two prominent defenders of science exchange their views on how scientists ought to approach religion and its followers
The SciencesDecember 1, 2006
Darwin at the Zoo
Did humans invent right and wrong, or are these feelings part of the inheritance from our primate ancestors?
EvolutionOctober 1, 2006
Darwin on the Right
Why Christians and conservatives should accept evolution
The SciencesJune 27, 2005
The Woodstock of Evolution
The World Summit on Evolution, held in the Galapagos Islands, revealed a science rich in history and tradition, data and theory, as well as controversy and debate
PolicyApril 1, 2005
Okay, We Give Up
We feel so ashamed
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2003
Digits and Fidgets
Is the universe fine-tuned for life?
The SciencesOctober 1, 2002
Putting Darwin in His Place
Using his quiet country estate as headquarters, the great naturalist was a reclusive revolutionary
The SciencesJuly 1, 2002
Bad Science and False Facts
EvolutionJuly 1, 2002
15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2002
The Gradual Illumination of the Mind
The advance of science, not the demotion of religion, will best counter the influence of creationism