IT IS two years since a judge in Pennsylvania ruled that intelligent design (ID) should not be taught in public school science classes in the state. The decision was enough to deter other US school boards from adopting ID, a form of creationism which asserts that life’s complexity can only be explained through divine forces. But it does not mean that science has won the day.
Last November, a state education official in Texas claimed that her support for a pro-evolution academic led to her dismissal. Mike Huckabee, the Republican presidential hopeful who won this month’s Iowa caucus, answered “no”…
