Dalai Lama Wins Templeton Prize in Science, Religion

"The annual honor, which comes with a $1.7 million award, goes to leading voices who address spiritual questions by drawing on science and religion."

High Noon in Oxford: Dawkins vs the Archbishop

"In the blue corner, the leader of the Church of England. In the red corner, the world's most prominent critic of religion."

Atheists Who Go to Church: Doing It for the Children

"A new study out of Rice University has found that 17 percent -- about one out of five scientists who describe themselves as either atheists or agnostics -- actually go to church, although not too often, and not because they feel a spiritual yearning to join the faithful. More likely, it's because of the kids."

Evangelicals Question The Existence Of Adam And Eve

". . .now some conservative scholars are saying publicly that they can no longer believe the Genesis account."

Does Islam Stand Against Science?

"Many of the hottest topics in science challenge traditional Muslim beliefs about the world. How those conflicts are resolved could determine the future of science."

Physicist Stephen Hawking Rejects Heaven or Afterlife as a 'Fairy Story'

"British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking says he rejects the idea of heaven or an afterlife, calling the belief a 'fairy story' for people afraid of dying."

Creation and Accreditation

"A Seventh-day Adventist university in California must resolve a dispute about teaching evolution in its biology classes or risk losing its status with the church."

U.K. Astrophysicist Wins $1.6 Million Religion Prize

"Martin Rees, a 68-year-old expert on the extreme physics of black holes and the Big Bang, is the recipient of the 2011 Templeton Prize, the John Templeton Foundation announced Wednesday."

Interaction Between Scientists and Evangelical Christians

"Science and religion, at odds for centuries, can -- and may be bound to -- find common ground, say speakers at AAAS session."

The Church, Stem Cells and Our Future

"For centuries, what many perceive as the ‘inherent conflict’ between science and religion has provoked the minds and tested the faith of scholars, doctors, philosophers, religious leaders and casual observers alike. But it seems the two are finally coming together in the interest of saving lives."

10 Questions for Stephen Hawking

"The renowned physicist has a new book, The Grand Design. Stephen Hawking will now take your questions."

Study Seeks to Explain the Parting of the Red Sea

"The study, published today in the online journal PLoS ONE, finds that strong, persistent winds could offer a physical explanation for the event, which was made eternally famous by Charlton Heston in the epic film The Ten Commandments."

Why God Did Not Create the Universe

Excerpt of a book by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.

Hawking: God Did Not Create the Universe

"God did not create the universe and the 'Big Bang' was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book."

Scientists Get Religion

"New head of AAAS program strives to improve dialogue between researchers and people of faith."

Stephen Hawking on Religion: 'Science Will Win'

"Renowned physicist shares thoughts on God, fatherly advice in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer."

Cambridge University to Digitise Faith and Science Library Collections

"Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls are among the jewels in the Cambridge University library that may soon be made available digitally."

Catholic Church Reburies ‘Heretic’ Nicolaus Copernicus With Honour

"Nicolaus Copernicus, the 'heretical' 16th-century astronomer who was buried in an unmarked grave nearly 500 years ago, was rehabilitated by the Roman Catholic Church this weekend as his remains were reburied in the Polish cathedral where he had once been a canon."

The New War Between Science and Religion

"There is a new war between science and religion, rising from the ashes of the old one. . ."

Evolutionary Scientist Wins Templeton Prize

"Fransisco J. Ayalaa, a former Catholic priest who as an evolutionary geneticist has long argued that science and faith are compatible yet separate, won the Templeton Prize, one of the world's most prestigious religion prizes."