To understand the impact of the Scopes trial, we must consider the theological disputes that gave birth to fundamentalism as a distinct religious movement within American Protestantism. The roots of ...

A century ago, the buzzy historic court case known as the Scopes Monkey Trial presented a unique opportunity for one Tennessee city to step into the limelight, and Dayton was eager to be cast.

The Scopes Trial Museum is in the courthouse basement. For the centennial anniversary, the Scopes festival is bigger than ever, featuring multiple exhibits, events and activities through July.

U.S. Army equips soldiers with SMASH 2000L smart scopes that use AI to track drones, following a $13 million contract with Israeli company Smart Shooter.

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history, over the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution.

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 ...

The Scopes Trial Museum is in the courthouse basement. For the centennial anniversary, the Scopes festival is bigger than ever, featuring multiple exhibits, events and activities through July.

Through the decades, the State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes assumed the mantle of "the most famous trial in America." Academics explored the subject in thousands of theses and dissertations.

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 ...

Before O.J. Simpson’s white Bronco led police on a slow-speed chase down a Los Angeles freeway in 1994, leading to his trial the following year, Americans considered the events unfolding ...

The smart scope helps target drones in the sky. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elijah Magaña Rifles with this new technology only fire when a hit is guaranteed. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elijah Magaña ...

One thing that the film and play misrepresent is the circumstances of Scopes' arrest, which was a deliberate test case to challenge the Tennessee law outlawing the teaching of evolution. "It was a ...