Intellectual freedom is one of humanity’s greatest gifts—and biggest burdens. Our ability to ask questions, to test ideas, to doubt is what separates us from our ...

This week, the Kansas State Board of Education will wrap up hearings on “intelligent design,” a theistic alternative to the theory of evolution. Scientists have refused to testify, dismissing ID as ...

Creationists like S.C. Sen. Mike Fair (R-Greenville), who want our public schools to teach creationism alongside evolution, will never accept evolution because it undermines three of creationists’ ...

Creationist campaigns have increasingly confronted pluralistic democracies during the past three decades. The combination of biblical literalism, anti-evolutionary bias and radical diluvial theories ...

Ken Ham, founder of Answers in Genesis, poses for a portrait at the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Ky., Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Madeleine Hordinski) WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — As the colossal ...

A five-day conference focusing on whether the book of Genesis could be a scientifically accurate account of the beginning of the world will take place in Indianola this week. A highlight of the ...

Does it damage children to teach them biblical creationism? What are the costs of denying evolution, one of biology's core tenets? Those are the... Does it damage children to teach them biblical ...

What if everything we know about the world is just a simulation? This thought-provoking question has been at the center of the Simulation Theory, a concept that has become increasingly popular in ...

In the ongoing conflict between science and creationism, evolution is usually a main point of contention. The idea that all life on Earth evolved from a common ancestor is a major problem for ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union urged a southwest Kansas school district Friday to call off plans for a pro-creationism group to talk to students about dinosaurs. The Kansas ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientist and children's television personality Bill Nye, in a newly released online video, panned biblical creationism and implored American parents who reject the scientific ...

The average American might not realize that the prejudices and superstitions that underlie the push to teach creationism in public schools, also undergird anti-LGBTQ bigotry. But the Arkansas ...