"The Giant Leap," by astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, is an optimistic account of our widening journey into the cosmos.

In his beguiling poem “Connoisseur of Chaos,” Wallace Stevens recalls a past era when religion was meant to explain everything, “when bishops’ books / Resolved the world.” But, as he reminds us, “we ...

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Discover interesting facts about how evolution works, the different patterns that can emerge from evolution, how quickly organisms can evolve, and whether evolution is a random or ordered process When ...

A federal judge ruled this week that schools in Cobb County, Ga., must remove stickers reading “Evolution is a theory, not a fact” from science textbooks. Judge Clarence Cooper said the disclaimer was ...

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, ...