Evolution skeptics argue that some biological structures, like the brain or the eye, are simply too complex for natural selection to explain. Biologists have proposed various ways that so-called 'irreducibly complex' structures ...

Biology - Evolution

Apr 12, 2013 3.8 / 5 (12) 33 |

(Phys.org)—While the common house spider may be creepy, it also has been inspiring researchers to find new and better ways to develop adhesives for human applications such as wound healing and industrial-strength ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 02, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 2 |

US conservative Christians and science advocates are clashing again, this time in Tennessee over a bill that would allow debate in public schools over theories like evolution.

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 09, 2012 3 / 5 (6) 185

A former expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) claimed Monday he was falsely accused of harassing co-workers about religion, as he took the stand at an unfair dismissal trial.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 19, 2012 3.6 / 5 (9) 128

(AP) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has landed robotic explorers on the surface of Mars, sent probes to outer planets and operates a worldwide network of antennas that communicates with interplanetary spacecraft.

Other Sciences - Other

Mar 11, 2012 4.1 / 5 (11) 61

Research images from Princeton University's fifth "Art of Science" competition – whose theme is "intelligent design" -- are now available for viewing in an online gallery: http://www.princeton.edu/artofscience/gallery2011/

Other Sciences - Other

Nov 14, 2011 not rated yet 0

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) have found that people's death anxiety can influence them to support theories of intelligent design and reject evolutionary theory.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Mar 30, 2011 3.8 / 5 (18) 204

The majority of public high school biology teachers are not strong classroom advocates of evolutionary biology, despite 40 years of court cases that have ruled teaching creationism or intelligent design violates the Constitution, ...

Biology - Evolution

Jan 27, 2011 4.2 / 5 (25) 461 |

Although evolutionists and creationists strongly disagree about the role that intelligent design plays in the origins of bodies and brains, they curiously agree about the role that intelligent design plays in the origins ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Apr 13, 2010 3.7 / 5 (3) 4

If you want to understand how evolution has challenged the constitutionality of the separation of church and state, Mano Singham from Case Western Reserve University provides a concise and chronological history in his new ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Oct 08, 2009 4.3 / 5 (7) 7

An international team of researchers, including Monash University biochemists, has discovered evidence at the molecular level in support of one of the key tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution.

Biology - Evolution

Sep 14, 2009 4.4 / 5 (14) 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- The fight over the new education and curriculum standards for the public schools in Texas has been long and publicized. Most of the publicity, though, focuses on the school board's focus on ...

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 07, 2009 4.7 / 5 (47) 90

(AP) -- Texas will no longer require educators to teach weaknesses of all scientific theories, including evolution.

Other Sciences - Other

Mar 27, 2009 4.1 / 5 (15) 31

Two centuries after Charles Darwin's birth on Feb. 12, 1809, people still argue passionately about his theory of evolution.

Biology -

Feb 01, 2009 4.3 / 5 (8) 16