The Evolution of a Darwin Show

The Evolution of a Darwin Show - New York Times: "When curators at the American Museum of Natural History began planning an exhibition on Darwin three years ago, they didn't anticipate a roiling national debate about evolution and intelligent design. 'We didn't think the issue would be as white-hot as it is right now,' said Michael Novacek, provost of science and a curator of paleontology at the museum. 'It kind of raised the ante for us. My sense was, let's make this show good, because people really want to see it. They need it.'"

Vatican Official Refutes Intelligent Design

Vatican Official Refutes Intelligent Design - Yahoo! News: "VATICAN CITY - The
Vatican's chief astronomer said Friday that 'intelligent design' isn't science and doesn't belong in science classrooms, the latest high-ranking Roman Catholic official to enter the evolution debate in the United States."

Philosophers Notwithstanding, Kansas School Board Redefines Science

Philosophers Notwithstanding, Kansas School Board Redefines Science - New York Times: "Once it was the left who wanted to redefine science.

In the early 1990's, writers like the Czech playwright and former president Vaclav Havel and the French philosopher Bruno Latour proclaimed 'the end of objectivity.' The laws of science were constructed rather than discovered, some academics said; science was just another way of looking at the world, a servant of corporate and military interests. Everybody had a claim on truth."

The right defended the traditional notion of science back then. Now it is the right that is trying to change it.

'Intelligent design' vote has Robertson warning town

HoustonChronicle.com - 'Intelligent design' vote has Robertson warning town: "WASHINGTON - Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting 'intelligent design' and warned them Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck."

All 8 'intelligent design' backers lose their seats

All 8 'intelligent design' backers lose their seats : The Morning Call Online: "DOVER | Voters in this rural school district Tuesday ousted eight school board members who backed a controversial policy to introduce high school students to ''intelligent design,'' which critics say is a form of creationism.

Voters replaced the GOP incumbents with a Democratic slate that called for removing intelligent design from Dover's science curriculum, returns from all six precincts showed."

The Pope on Creation

The Pope on Creation - New York Times: "VATICAN CITY, Nov. 11 (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has waded into the evolution debate in the United States, saying the universe was made as an 'intelligent project' and criticizing those who say its creation was without direction."

Closing Arguments Made in Trial on Intelligent Design - New York Times

Closing Arguments Made in Trial on Intelligent Design - New York Times: "HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 4 - The nation's first trial to test the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design as science ended Friday with a lawyer for the Dover school board pronouncing intelligent design 'the next great paradigm shift in science.'"

His opponent, a lawyer for the 11 parents suing the school board, dismissed intelligent design as dishonest, unscientific and based entirely on "a meager little analogy that collapses immediately upon inspection."

In Intelligent Design Case, a Cause in Search of a Lawsuit

In Intelligent Design Case, a Cause in Search of a Lawsuit - New York Times: "HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 3 - For years, a lawyer for the Thomas More Law Center in Michigan visited school boards around the country searching for one willing to challenge evolution by teaching intelligent design, and to face a risky, high-profile trial."

Kansas evolution vote nears, scientists fight back - Yahoo! News

Darwin's Natural Selection Still at Work in Humans - Yahoo! News

Darwin's Natural Selection Still at Work in Humans - Yahoo! News: "The evolutionary process that Charles Darwin discovered almost 150 years ago, responsible for transforming dinosaurs into birds and allowing the walking ancestors of whales to take to the seas, is still quietly at work in humans today."

'Intelligent Design' Battle Goes to Polls - Yahoo! News

'Intelligent Design' Battle Goes to Polls - Yahoo! News: "DOVER, Pa. - A battle over a policy requiring that ninth-graders in this rural community learn about 'intelligent design' in biology class is being fought on two fronts — one political, one legal."