The fact that President Bush thinks intelligent design should be taught in American public schools is more than enough for JoAnne Shirley. “I absolutely hope that this becomes an issue here locally ...

But the clash over intelligent-design is evident far beyond this rural district of about 3,500 students 20 miles south of Harrisburg. In August, the Kansas Board of Education gave preliminary approval ...

But is this really a scientific debate, a question that science in the strict or modern sense of the term can solve? Here’s where things get tricky. It is the contention of many IDers that their case ...

School boards and legislatures across the country are continuing to debate how to teach students about the origins of life on Earth. Policymakers in at least 16 states are currently examining the ...

While debate rages in this country over teaching science and so-called "intelligent design," the Roman Catholic Church is in the midst of a renewed discussion over the compatibility of evolution and ...

During an interview this week, President Bush endorsed the teaching of "intelligent design" -- the view that life is so complex it must be the product of a "higher intelligence." This view is promoted ...

President Bush invigorated proponents of teaching alternatives to evolution in public schools with remarks saying that schoolchildren should be taught about "intelligent design," a view of creation ...

The debate over teaching students about the genesis of life is heating up again, with a Seattle organization emerging as one of its key figures. Started in 1996, the Center for Science and Culture, ...

While the debate rages in Kansas over how to teach evolution in public schools, the topic could come up this summer in Montana. Kansas officials are debating evolution versus ‘‘intelligent design,'' ...

In his new book, “The Greatest Show on Earth,” biologist Richard Dawkins brands those who doubt Charles Darwin’s ideas on evolution as “history deniers,” even stooping to compare them to “Holocaust ...

PHOENIX — Three of the Republicans hoping to be state school superintendent want students exposed to and taught “intelligent design,” but not necessarily as part of the science curriculum. “I ...

TOPEKA, Kan., May 5 -- Debating a question that the scientific establishment considers settled, Kansas education authorities put evolutionary theory on trial Thursday in a hearing marked by sharp ...