Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edward Larson, who won a Pulitzer Prize for "Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science ...

Now more than ever, science needs defending, so thank God for Bill Nye, who’ll take time out of his busy Science Guy schedule to publicly debate Ken Ham, founder of Kentucky’s Creation museum, on the ...

In 1925, a teacher deliberately broke a law stating that evolution could not be taught in Tennessee classrooms. His trial rocked the nation. The following is an excerpt from Keeping the Faith: God, ...

The 100th anniversary is approaching of the law under which John Thomas Scopes was prosecuted and convicted in Dayton, Tennessee, in the celebrated “monkey trial.” Enacted on March 21, 1925, the ...

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history. A local substitute teacher, John Scopes, was charged with ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient human remains that could represent a crucial link in our evolutionary history. Fossils, including bones and teeth, dating back 773,000 years, were unearthed in a ...

A century after the infamous trial, evangelicals can unbundle faith from culture wars and recover a wiser witness. In the sweltering summer of 1925, crowds flocked to the small town of Dayton, ...