http://www.pewforum.org/The United States is a nation with both high levels of religious commitment and high regard for scientific achievement. Thus it is not surprising that religious individuals and groups often find themselves on opposite sides of debates over scientific assertions—such as whether Darwinian evolution and global warming are established facts—as well as the morality of certain scientific advances, such as stem cell research and cloning.en-usCopyright: (C) Copyright 2009 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved.info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)60http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.pewforum.org/uploadedImages/_content/defaultPublicationThumb(1).gifhttp://www.pewforum.org/Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:22 GMTTue, 21 May 2013 10:03:22 GMTThu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMTSurveys repeatedly show that most Americans respect science and the benefits it brings to society, such as new technologies and medical treatments. Nevertheless, strong religious convictions can affect some Americans' willingness to accept certain scientific theories and discoveries.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/An-Overview-of-Religion-and-Science-in-the-United-States.aspxMon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 GMTLeading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in May 2009 for the Pew Forum's Faith Angle Conference. Francis S. Collins, former director of the Human Genome Project, discussed why he believes religion and science are compatible and why the current conflict over evolution vs. faith is unnecessary.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Religion-and-Science-Conflict-or-Harmony.aspxThu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMTAn analysis by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life of a 2008 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press examines views on global warming among major religious traditions in the U.S. http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Religious-Groups-Views-on-Global-Warming.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTIn recent years, voters, educators and policymakers in a number of states have become involved in the debate over whether - or how - public school students should learn about evolution and the origins of life.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Fighting-Over-Darwin-State-by-State.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTThe Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey found that views on evolution differ widely across religious groups.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Religious-Differences-on-the-Question-of-Evolution.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTThis timeline highlights key events in the debate surrounding evolution. http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Evolution-A-Timeline.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTA breakdown of 13 major religious groups' views on the issue. http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Religious-Groups-Views-on-Evolution.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTAt first glance, Charles Darwin seems an unlikely revolutionary. Growing up a shy and unassuming member of a wealthy British family, he appeared, at least to his father, to be idle and directionless. But even as a child, Darwin expressed an interest in nature.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Darwin-and-His-Theory-of-Evolution.aspxWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTAs with many social and political controversies in the United States, the battle over evolution has been largely fought in courtrooms.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/The-Social-and-Legal-Dimensions-of-the-Evolution-Debate-in-the-US.aspxTue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTTen years ago this month, Oregon enacted a law permitting physicians to prescribe a lethal dose of drugs to certain terminally ill patients, a practice often called physician-assisted suicide. The Death with Dignity Act, which took effect on Oct. 27, 1997, is the only law of its kind in the United States.http://www.pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/The-Right-to-Die-Debate-and-the-Tenth-Anniversary-of-Oregons-Death-with-Dignity-Act.aspx