The essay by Harold Morowitz, Robert Hazen, and James Trefil (“Intelligent Design Has No Place in the Science Curriculum,” The Chronicle Review, September 2) is a good illustration of how easy and ...

Twenty years ago, when I was an undergraduate, many in academia considered me a walking contradiction: I was both an aspiring biologist and a practicing Catholic. As I was told quite bluntly by one of ...

Where to start? It's unlikely that you've missed any of the extensive media coverage the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project has received over the past two weeks, after the international ...

NARRATOR: Dover, Pennsylvania: like much of the United States, Dover has become a town divided. ALAN BONSELL (Dover School Board Member): I personally don't believe in Darwin's theory of evolution.

Scientists who teach evolution sometimes feel as if they are trapped in an old horror film -- the kind where the monster is killed repeatedly, only to come to life in a nastier form each time. Since ...