February 20, 2012

Education Can Solve Science-Religion Conflicts

Yahoo! News, Yahoo! News


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A perceived conflict between science and religion has led Americans to rank nearly last among industrialized countries in understanding evolution, educators told a major science conference this weekend.

But research suggests that education changes anti-science attitudes among even the most religious of students, while history shows that science can thrive alongside religion, said Kenneth Miller of Brown University in Read Full Article ››


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