Ever since John Scopes' last stand, it seems creationists have been on the run. Frequently portrayed as flat-earth-believing science deniers, they’ve been forced into the academic shadows, fearful of a carpet-bombing by Richard Dawkins if... Read More

More than 300 humanists gathered in New York City yesterday to participate in the People’s Climate March. This was the largest climate demonstration in history, with more than 300,000 participating overall. The purpose of the... Read More

As American children return to school, many will be enrolled in science classes where they will learn the important basics about the Big Bang, evolution, and global warming. Yet, even today a number of states... Read More

For those of us who consider the “Theory of Evolution” a figure of speech, not an invitation to call into question the veracity of an established scientific principle—evolution is a fact, not a theory—what the... Read More

Have you heard the news? The BICEP2 team has discovered the signature of gravitational waves from the Big Bang! Whoooeee! Hot damn! So...what exactly does that mean? First of all, BICEP2 stands for Background Imaging... Read More

A few hours ago, some thirty Democratic U.S. senators concluded an all-night session of the Senate Climate Action Task Force to highlight the need to address climate change. Oh, and one Republican, Senator James Inhofe... Read More

This article is part of Carl Coon’s ongoing “A Short History of Evolution” series. Read part 1 and part 2. Darwin, Natural Selection, and the Definition of Life Evolution as explained by Darwin is the... Read More