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Jan. 10, 2009
California
“Born-again” Christian John Peloza has sued the Capistrano Unified School District for $5 million, alleging that officials violated his constitutional rights by forcing him to teach evolution in his high school biology class.
Oct. 2, 1991
Company Town Blog
March 20, 2012
World & Nation
Here’s an idea for a dinosaur movie: A big-city paleontologist discovers dinosaur bones on a Wyoming ranch.
July 29, 1994
Money & Company
April 11, 2008
Movies
Netflix celebrates Pokémon Day with the release of “Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution,” the franchise’s first remake and its first fully 3DCG movie.
Feb. 27, 2020
Director-cinematographer Peter Hyams’ ambitious but majorly disappointing “A Sound of Thunder” suggests two things: One, that a large-scale sci-fi disaster movie must have state-of-the-art special effects to have a prayer of succeeding; Two, even if an enormous budget were available for the most spectacular effects imaginable, the timelier-than-ever Ray Bradbury short story upon which this movie is based might well have been brought to the screen far more persuasively in animation instead of live action.
Sept. 2, 2005
Entertainment & Arts
July 25, 2013
“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: And the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.” -- Proverbs 11:29, source of the title of “Inherit the Wind,” the play about the 1925 Scopes “monkey trial” over the teaching of evolution.
Dec. 30, 1987
Books
Jealousy, hate, fear -- human biology beats in the heart of good literature.
May 31, 2005