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 ...

The goal of the intelligent design movement is not to encourage critical thought, but to foment a revolution which would supplant evolutionary theory with ID.” In 1987, the US Supreme Court ruled that ...

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

Intelligent design holds that certain features of life forms are so complex that they can best be explained by an origin from an intelligent higher power, not an undirected process like natural ...

In a broad and withering opinion, a federal judge ruled last month that intelligent design was nothing more than creationism in disguise and that it was therefore unconstitutional to teach it in a ...

SEATTLE — Critics of intelligent design seem to think it’s a code word for “creationism.” It’s no wonder they think so, say some of its proponents. Many creationists are making the same mistake. The ...

A veteran state lawmaker wants to force public schools that teach evolution to also teach “intelligent design," which its sponsor admits is just another word for “creationism." Sen. David Farnsworth ...

Alex Chadwick talks with Slate's Will Saletan about the current public debate over the Earth's beginnings. Saletan believes that the logical underpinnings of the "intelligent design" theory ...

With Wednesday night’s Great Debate sparking questions about including Intelligent Design in public school curriculums, Boston University theology professors say intelligent design should only be ...

On Oct. 21, 2005, Cornell University’s interim president, Hunter R. Rawlings III, devoted his State of the University Address to the intelligent design vs. evolution controversy. He told members of ...