Creationism vs. Darwin
Background to latest controversies:
In Kansas, A Sharp Debate on Evolution, Washington Post May 6, 2005
[Dover, Pa] School board OKs challenges to evolution, MSNBC, Nov 12, 2004
Court rejects 'intelligent design' in science class, CNN Dec 20 2005
Creationist FAQs on Intelligent Design: here and here
A collection of creationist articles on the Bible, "intelligent design," and criticism of Darwinian evolution
FAQ cataloging rebuttals to many creationist arguments against evolution
EvoWiki, website about evolution and the creationism controversy, written from an evolutionary viewpoint
A collection of essential articles explaining evolution.
Informative FAQs on evolution
New York Times coverage of the current evolution controversy
The precedent setting Scopes trial of 1925
Jun 7, 2011
A blogger who believes that it doesn't posts an article on an intelligent design website arguing for his view
Apr 16, 2011
"Can scientists be religious? Sam Harris argues science and faith are completely incompatible, while Robert Winston would like to be more inclusive. Emine Saner adjudicates"
Mar 4, 2011
"Education experts suggest that in some cultural contexts one way to encourage acceptance of evolution is by not shunning religious beliefs"
Feb 28, 2011
"Darwin may have won in Kitzmiller v. Dover, but five years later has evolution education evolved? A biology teacher who testified in the Dover trial talks about what she faces in the classroom every day, and why teachers need to be prepared"
Feb 8, 2011
"Researchers found that 28 percent of biology teachers consistently followed the National Research Council recommendations to describe the evidence for evolution."
Feb 4, 2011
"f educators in New Mexico want to teach evolution or climate change as a "controversial scientific topic," a new bill seeks to protect them from punishment."
Jan 18, 2011
"Certain aspects of the insect world are rather problematic for believers in the literal truth of the biblical flood story"
Jan 17, 2011
"This video explains how complexity can arise through gradual evolution -- thereby debunking anti-evolution arguments"
Jan 7, 2011
"[Y]ou just know that reading an op-ed from Don McLeroy -- an evangelistic creationist who was (was, thank heavens) the head of the Texas State Board of Education -- trying to defend and spin the BoE's insertion of religion and far-right rhetoric into the state standards is going to be head-explodey."
Dec 12, 2010
This humorous little video pulls no punches in disposing of ignorant creationist arguments against evolution.
