The five leading candidates in the Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District squared off Tuesday night in a fiery debate hosted by NY1, with each candidate seeking to draw sharp ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Roundup shows science and law use the same word — causation — while asking different questions, ...

For someone whose latest analysis of the current plight of the world includes in its title the announcement of “the end of history”, Prof John Lennox is a remarkably cheerful soul. Though his message ...

And the other guy got the Trump endorsement. Congressman David Schweikert of Fountain Hills may have his last, best chance Wednesday evening to make his case that the front-runner for the Republican ...

Theological debates suggest alien encounters might challenge religious traditionalists more than dismantle faith.

Fertility specialists, biotech companies and ethicists are divided over whether progress in early gene editing would wipe out diseases or trigger a rush toward enhancement. By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn ...

The Pentagon’s recent revision to its list of Christian religions has reignited a long-standing debate about whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian denomination.

Many people think that science is just another religion, no better than their own. Their reasoning is apparently something along these lines: “Beliefs about the unseen world are based entirely on ...

A great philosophical conflict has raged for thousands of years. It poses an ultimate question: were humans and the world we inhabit created by God, or did it all arise by accidents of nature?

ORLANDO, Florida (RNS) — Over the past decade, members of the Southern Baptist Convention have touted the denomination’s diversity, sought to keep sexual abusers away from churches and passed ...