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Geotimes September 2005 Lee J. Suttner |
Believing vs. Knowing: Faith's Role in the Evolution Debate Belief in evolution does not preclude belief in God. But belief is the key word. Fully understanding the concept of belief is fundamental to arguments for keeping creationism and its clever smokescreen, intelligent design, out of the science classrooms of all of our schools, not just the public ones. |
Scientific American October 2008 Sally Lehrman |
The Christian Man's Evolution: How Darwinism and Faith Can Coexist A geneticist ordained as a Dominican priest, Francisco J. Ayala sees no conflict between Darwinism and faith. Convincing most of the American public of that remains the challenge. |
Reason May 2006 Ronald Bailey |
Separate But Equal? Can science tell us anything about religion? |
Scientific American October 2006 |
Let There Be Light Science and faith can coexist happily as long as neither tries to take on the functions of the other. |
Chemistry World September 2006 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Making a Monkey Out of Evolution If a scientific concept as well supported as evolution can be widely regarded as false, what hope for the greenhouse effect, radiocarbon dating, or the second law of thermodynamics? Chemists have as much responsibility as other scientists to uphold the value of hard evidence. |
Geotimes July 2005 Mark A. Wilson |
Geomedia Books: Seeing Landscapes from Above... Creationism's Trojan Horse... DVDs: Hubble's Anniversary... On the Shelf: Mars and Beyond... etc. |
Salon.com February 28, 2001 Larry Arnhart |
Assault on evolution The religious right takes its best scientific shot at Darwin with "intelligent design" theory... |
Geotimes August 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Muddling Science at Parks and Museums Exhibit disclaimers, along with other changes in parks and museums, could pose challenges to effectively communicating science to the public. |
Scientific American October 2006 George Johnson |
Scientists on Religion Theists and materialists ponder the place of humanity in the universe in four books: God's Universe by O. Gingerich, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by F.S. Collins, The God Delusion by R. Dawkins, and Varieties of Scientific Experience by C. Sagan. |
Geotimes November 2006 |
Geomedia Books: Evolving a Higher Understanding Between Religion and Science: A Look at the Evolution Dialogues... After the Earth Quakes: Elastic Rebound on an Urban Planet... |
Scientific American October 2006 Michael Shermer |
Darwin on the Right Why Christians and conservatives should accept evolution |
Science News January 31, 2009 Tom Siegfried |
Darwin's Natural Selection Redefined The Idea Of Design Charles Darwin is not around today to explain his views to critics who decry evolution on religious grounds. But among his voluminous writings are occasional passages that indicate how he might have answered if questions were posed to him today. |
Geotimes September 2005 Nisbet & Nisbet |
Evolution & Intelligent Design: Understanding Public Opinion Tensions in American society over religious and scientific accounts of human origins are centuries old, and the divide between the two contending worldviews continues today as part of an escalating political conflict over science education. |
Geotimes January 2006 Alan Cutler |
Time Out of Mind The author's biography of 17th-century geologist Nicolaus Steno makes it clear that the age of Earth is not a cold, technical fact, but an idea woven through science and through modern culture -- and idea that people will always struggle to accept. |
Wired December 2002 Gregg Easterbrook |
The New Convergence After centuries of battle, scientists and theologians are finally forging a grand unified theory. As the era of biotechnology dawns, scientists realize they're stepping into territory best navigated with the aid of philosophers and theologians. |
Wired October 2004 Evan Ratliff |
The Crusade Against Evolution In the beginning there was Darwin. And then there was intelligent design. How the next generation of "creation science" is invading America's classrooms. |
Geotimes May 2003 Branch & Evans |
All About Steve (and Darwin) Project Steve is a parody of the lists used by creationists to try to convince the public that evolution is shaky. But there is a serious side to it, too: to remind the public that scientific questions are not answered by acclamation but by scientific research, which, of course, overwhelmingly supports evolution. |
Geotimes February 2005 Warren D. Allmon |
Frontiers of Paleontology Through a combination of new technology, new fossils and theoretical refinement, paleontology is once again in the midst of a ferment of new ideas and opportunities, as well as challenges. |
Scientific American December 2008 John Rennie |
Dynamic Darwinism: Evolution Theory Thrives Today The naturalist would approve of how evolutionary science continues to improve |
Salon.com February 1, 2001 Michael Joseph Gross |
Hard-wired for God? A Christian takes issue with a book claiming that religion is merely a trick of evolution... |
Geotimes March 2006 Bergstrom & Lipsitch |
Evolution Lessons From Infectious Diseases Even though the critics of evolutionary biology rarely dispute examples of microbial evolution on human timescales, the public appears largely unaware of the importance and success of evolutionary biology in dealing with human disease. |
Smithsonian December 2005 Frank J. Sulloway |
The Evolution of Charles Darwin A creationist when he visited the Galapagos Islands, the great naturalist grasped the full significance of the unique wildlife he found there only well after he had returned to London. |
Salon.com May 4, 2001 Fiona Morgan |
Louisiana calls Darwin a racist The state Legislature casts him in the same league as Hitler. A science educator says it's going to be a rough year for evolutionists... |
T.H.E. Journal August 2007 Christina C. Schaller |
Let Academic Freedom Ring Unless we liberate science from political and religious forces, our students don't stand a chance in the global workforce. |
Wired October 23, 2007 Clive Thompson |
Clive Thompson on Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law Turns out, the real culture war in science isn't about science at all -- it's about language. And to fight this war, we need to change the way we talk about scientific knowledge. |
Geotimes May 2006 |
Geomedia Maps: Mapping the Seafloor for Everyone... Books: Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial... Charles Darwin, Geologist... etc. |
Geotimes October 2005 Megan Sever |
Evolution Battles Continue The battle over the teaching of evolution in public schools in the United States reached a fervor this week, as a number of prominent scientists testified in an ongoing court trial that pits evolution against intelligent design. |
Geotimes April 2005 Linda Rowan |
Creationism: Back in Kansas Again Unfortunately, a brief history of the creationism movement over the past 80 years suggests that the debate has not been resolved, but rather the movements in Kansas and elsewhere are subtly changing tactics to try to gain the same objective. |
Geotimes January 2005 |
Geomedia Forensic Geology on the Small Screen... "Evidence From the Earth," by Raymond C. Murray... "Earth Colors," by Sarah Andrews... South Dakota Mapping... |
Geotimes June 2005 |
Geomedia Selling Extreme Life on the Extreme Screen... Books: Earth: An Intimate History... On the Shelf: Climate Change Picks from Kim Stanley Robinson... Maps: New View of North America... etc. |