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September 2008
- Anglicans Making Nice With Darwin
  
  Guardian (UK) | Sep 15, 08 12:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When Charles Darwin came out with his theory of evolution by natural selection nearly 150 years ago, the Church of England opposed it. But now, 200 years after the celebrated scientist's birth, the church has launched a website exploring its history with Darwin, and the church's head of public affairs has issued a posthumous apology, the Guardian reports. More »
June 2008
- Anti-Evolution Groups Change Texas Tactics
  
  New York Times | Jun 4, 08 2:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Evolution opponents are adapting. Now that “intelligent design” and “creation science” have failed in court, the new catch phrase, the New York Times reports, is “strengths and weaknesses.” It might seem innocuous, but critics say it’s yet another tactic to undermine the teaching of evolution in schools. Evolution opponents are insisting that curriculum discuss the flaws in Darwin’s theory. More »
April 2008
- Board denies request for Bible-based master's program
  
  Houston Chronicle | Apr 24, 08
  
  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on Thursday rejected a religious institute's request to start offering an online master's degree program to students working to become science teachers.Commissioner of Higher Education Raymund Paredes argued that the proposal from the Dallas-based Institute for Creation Research did not demonstrate it met acceptable standards of science and science education.
January 2008
- Angry Students Block Pope Visit
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jan 16, 08 4:31 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI has scrapped plans to speak at a prestigious Italian university after unprecedented protests by furious students and professors who accused him of justifying Galileo's trial and "affronting" people of science, the Los Angeles Times reports. The pope once described as "reasonable" the 400-year-old heresy trial of Galileo, and Benedict's negative take on science now extends to issues like stem cell research and evolution, critics charge. More »
December 2007
- Religion Remains Flashpoint With Huckabee
  
  Associated Press | Dec 5, 07 10:40 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A month before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee reacted with frustration when asked if creationism should be taught in public schools, the AP reports. Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister who has said he does not believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, said his personal views on religion were irrelevant—though they remain a hot topic. More »
November 2007
- Creation Geologists Rock World
  
  New York Times | Nov 25, 07 7:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Today's creationist geologists are not who the secular may think. Numerous and thriving, many hold advanced degrees from top universities, and are making evangelicals more open to scientific evidence. And they are experts for the nearly half of Americans who believe God created the Earth in the last 10,000 years, the New York Times reports. More »
August 2007
- Muslim Creationists Damn Darwin
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Aug 2, 07 6:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Muslim group in Turkey is widely disseminating a 768-page tome that slams evolution and promotes Islam-inflected creationism, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Council of Europe has issued warnings—particularly to schools—against the "Atlas of Creation," which has been published in 80 countries and 59 languages. More »
May 2007
- Creationists Open History Museum
  
  New York Times | May 24, 07 5:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A $27 million museum opening in Kentucky next week promises a different kind of take on natural history: a biblical one. At the Creation Museum, the Earth is 6,000 years old, evolution is a yarn, and dinosaurs were booked on Noah's Ark. More »

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creationism A modern variant of special creation , in which it is maintained that all ‘kinds’ of organisms were created during one week, 6000–10 000 years ago, exactly as is ...

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Anglicans Making Nice With Darwin

Anti-Evolution Groups Change Texas Tactics

Board denies request for Bible-based master's program

Angry Students Block Pope Visit

Religion Remains Flashpoint With Huckabee

Creation Geologists Rock World

Muslim Creationists Damn Darwin

Creationists Open History Museum

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Creationist offers prize for fossil proof of evolution (The Independent - London)

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA SPEAKERS SERIES TACKLES EVOLUTION VERSUS CREATIONISM... (US Fed News Service, Including US State News)

Founders would be shocked over evolution of U.S elections.(COMMENTARY) (Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA))

The Fish Within Us.(Science)(human evolution) (Newsweek)

Absolute Infidel: the evolution of Ayaan Hirsi Ali.(Biography) (The Humanist)

The evolution of a cabinet shop.(Theme) (Wood Digest)

Evolution Is a Slow Process.(development and introduction of video and computer... (Newsweek)

Evolution of nursing research committees.(Research Corner)(Report) (Journal of Neuroscience Nursing)

God in evolution: the nature of divine power.(Viewpoint essay) (The Christian Century)

Kirby backs wider law evolution. (Australasian Business Intelligence)

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