While Intelligent Design (ID) is a term which is becoming more familiar in our culture it is safe to say most people still misunderstand it. Since critics often misrepresent ID, and paint ID advocates ...

U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III presided over the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover. It was one of the most significant battles in the cultural war over teaching evolution in U.S.

Supporters of “intelligent design” ventured deep into the realm of biological and chemical research last week in an attempt to show the concept’s scientific legitimacy—as well as its legal standing in ...

In a thought-provoking paper from the March issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology, Elliott Sober (University of Wisconsin) clearly discusses the problems with two standard criticisms of intelligent ...

Brown University biologist Kenneth Miller is a leading opponent of intelligent design. In Only a Theory, he explains why. How would you quickly sum up the central flaw in intelligent design? No ...

In a decision that could have broad implications for public schools across the country, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that “intelligent design” is not legitimate science, but rather an ...

A federal judge in Pennsylvania will hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit that both sides say could set the fundamental ground rules for how American students are taught the origins of life for years to ...

Last week, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III filed a 139-page opinion that bars the school board in Dover, Pa., from implementing its "intelligent design policy" in local schools. Jones's ruling ...

Since Gallup started polling Americans about the origins of man in 1982, creationists have stayed pretty faithful to their views. The numbers may fluctuate a bit from year to year, but for the past ...

This article was taken from the November 2014 issue of WIRED magazine. Be the first to read WIRED's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

A federal judge on Tuesday banned the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution by Pennsylvania's Dover Area School District, saying the practice violated the constitutional ban on ...

This article is more than 7 years old. This claim irritates biologists. But not because we are all hyper-aggressive New Atheists (we’re not). It’s irritating because the fundamental purpose of science ...