In 1925, John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at the forces that led to the trial and how expertise was the big loser.

The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn't over NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Some people thought the 1925 Scopes monkey trial marked a cultural defeat for biblical fundamentalism. But a century after what was dubbed the Trial of the Century, the ...

They considered evolutionary biology a debasement of “real science”—science “falsely so-called,” as fundamentalist cartoonist E.J. Pace captioned it, which just so happened to confirm their regressive ...

The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America’s ...