In today's modern age, it often seems that science is constantly at odds with religion, with mutually exclusive tenets. Is it possible that these two will continue to diverge or is it possible that some day they will learn to play nicely together?http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 3:20:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40853/dawkins-to-battle-the-harry-potter-delusion.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEvengelical atheist Richard Dawkins will take on Harry Potter in his next book, the Daily Telegraph reports. The God Delusion author is working on a book aimed at teaching children not to put their faith in "anti-scientific" fairytales. The professor plans to examine what effect raising children on stories of witches and wizards has on rationality later in life.http://www.newser.com/story/40853/dawkins-to-battle-the-harry-potter-delusion.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 25 Oct 2008 8:28:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39187/organ-donors-breathe-life-into-death-debate.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe art of extracting human organs has revived a debate about when a person is actually dead, the Economist reports. Forty years ago, the Catholic Church agreed with scientists that brain dead meant dead. But now that doctors are skirting that rule, harvesting organs from horribly brain-damaged donors who are technically alive, the Church is under pressure to put its foot down.http://www.newser.com/story/39187/organ-donors-breathe-life-into-death-debate.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 05 Oct 2008 15:31:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37450/anglicans-making-nice-with-darwin.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWhen Charles Darwin came out with his theory of evolution by natural selection nearly 150 years ago, the Church of England opposed it. But now, 200 years after the celebrated scientist's birth, the church has launched a website exploring its history with Darwin, and the church's head of public affairs has issued a posthumous apology, the Guardian reports.http://www.newser.com/story/37450/anglicans-making-nice-with-darwin.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 15 Sep 2008 7:47:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36017/vatican-debates-paying-tribute-to-galileo.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGalileo Galilei is riling the Catholic church yet again, the Wall Street Journal reports, as an anonymous donor has offered to pay to erect a statue in the Vatican of Catholicism’s most famous heretic. But though the church has come around on science, Galileo remains a touchy subject. He’s “like a Mexican soap opera,” said one Vatican official. “It never ends.”http://www.newser.com/story/36017/vatican-debates-paying-tribute-to-galileo.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 28 Aug 2008 11:21:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35468/greenies-fight-religious-custom-in-taiwan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTaiwanese environmentalists are working to douse the flames of "Ghost Month," during which Taoists and Buddhists burn ritual paper money to honor ancestors. Setting one ton of money ablaze releases at least an equal amount carbon dioxide, the AFP reports; temples and households can now turn over their money to state incinerators "cleansed" by monks and designed to better handle the exhaust.http://www.newser.com/story/35468/greenies-fight-religious-custom-in-taiwan.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 22 Aug 2008 13:37:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35191/half-in-us-say-god-can-save-the-dying.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMany Americans believe God can intervene to save dying patients, a new survey shows. More than half say that God can revive a family member declared lost by doctors, and nearly 75% agree that patients are justified in seeking extra treatment. "Sensitivity to this belief will promote development of a trusting relationship" between doctors and families, researchers said.http://www.newser.com/story/35191/half-in-us-say-god-can-save-the-dying.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 18 Aug 2008 20:47:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30722/americans-see-many-stairways-to-heaven-poll.html?refid=rss_all_defaultReaching the afterlife is possible through more than one religion, 70% of Americans believe, according to a new poll. Surveying 36,000 people, the study confirms that while 92% of Americans believe in God, the country is growing more secular, the Dallas Morning News reports. Seven in 10 also agreed that there were multiple correct interpretations of their faiths.http://www.newser.com/story/30722/americans-see-many-stairways-to-heaven-poll.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 23 Jun 2008 13:40:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30572/teacher-who-branded-students-fired.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn Ohio school board has voted unanimously to fire a science teacher who used an electrostatic device to brand 8th-graders with a cross, the AP reports. Science teacher John Freshwater, who says the marks were simply Xs, had been in trouble with the board before for teaching creationism, slamming evolution and other scientific theories, and keeping a Bible on his desk.http://www.newser.com/story/30572/teacher-who-branded-students-fired.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 20 Jun 2008 22:34:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30390/oregon-teen-in-faith-healing-family-dies-of-bladder-infection.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA 16-year-old Oregon boy whose family believed that faith can heal has died after refusing medical treatment for pain and shortness of breath, reports ABC News. The state medical examiner said the boy's bladder infection would have been easily treatable and his death was "absolutely a horrible way to die." No charges are likely to be filed. Under state law, anyone over the age of 14 can refuse medical treatment.http://www.newser.com/story/30390/oregon-teen-in-faith-healing-family-dies-of-bladder-infection.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 19 Jun 2008 4:47:46 CDT