Is Marco Rubio, Florida's junior senator, a scientist? No, he tells GQ, twice, when asked how old the earth is:

In a hotly contested Congressional race in Georgia, Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary thought, was unable to beat Republican Paul Broun. Darwin, well known for suggesting that men landed on earth after being deported from the Planet of the Apes, failed to unseat the incumbent, who campaigned on an anti-science platform, and at times refused to acknowledge that air existed, since he was unable to see it.

Get to know Jack Wu, a God-fearing Christian man running for a seat on the Kansas Board of Education.

In a new web video from online knowledge forum Big Think, science guy Bill Nye talks about evolution denial and its negative impact on society.

An Oxford University study examining the basis of how romantic relationships are formed found that ladies are all about calling and texting their men—bug-a-boo-ing, if you will—until around their mid-thirties, at which point they drop those scrubs in favor of chatting up women half their age.

2012's Make America Magic campaign is going strong in Tennessee where, earlier this week, a bill permitting public school discussion of creationism alongside evolutionary-based explanations for the origins of life became law.

Witness ye, the world's first documented example of tool use in a bear. Scientist Volker B. Deecke discovered the "subadult brown bear in south-eastern Alaska" rubbing a barnacle-covered rock against its face. New Scientist reports,

After years of debate, and women just being, like, duh, scientists have finally come to agree that the female orgasm exists. And yet this poses an even more vexing question: Why?

The world's most famous atheist, Richard Dawkins, apparently recovered from the unpleasant Elevatorgate business, took to the pages of the Washington Post this week to say nasty things about Rick Perry.

Today we found out that Rick Perry doesn't bother with the term "intelligent design." It's just good old Creationism for him. And evolution? That's a theory. Just a theory! What else is just a theory? One commenter explained.

Cartoon Texan Rick Perry was asked this morning if he believed in evolution, and his answer was surprising. Not because he does not, in fact believe in evolution (it's just "a theory that's out there"), but because he admitted that the alternative to teaching evolution in schools is essentially religious indoctrination.

Hole phobia! Particle colliders! Universe analysis! Predator prey! Introvert extrovert! Urban evolution! Science retraction! Melting ice! And surly robots spouting impenetrable brogue! It's your Tuesday Science Watch, where we watch science—despicably, if possible!

Meet 21-year-old Alyssa Campanella, your new Miss USA: She's beautiful, talented and, best of all, not willfully ignorant of hundreds of years of scientific knowledge. The winner of this year's Miss USA pageant believes in evolution!

Human penises, much to the relief of most humans, lack the "barb-like structures found in many mammals" known as penile spines. For many of us, knowing that we will never encounter a barbed penis is enough; for scientists, who are the guy at the party saying, "I mean, sure, it's a nice present, but have you checked out its teeth?" the human penis's curious lack of spines is a question to be asked, and answered, and told to everyone.

Hey, a guy who is in charge of running our country doesn't understand basic scientific facts: "I don't believe that a creature crawled out of the sea and became a human," said Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston Friday. Oh boy.

It's Thursday, so what better a time to show you a video of a gorilla walking upright like a man—and like a boss, naturally—while all of the other gorillas look on in jealousy? That's what I thought, y'all.

According to Gallup, Four in ten Americans—and 52 percent of Republicans—believe "God created humans in present form within the last 10,000 years." Ah, the Enlightenment! The age of science and rationality! It was fun while it lasted.

Two researchers have discovered that "online porn usage goes up in states that voted for winning candidates after elections." In evolutionary terms, they explain, humans feeling victorious after a conquest naturally enjoy staring at .jpgs of other, more naked humans.

On tonight's Futurama, The Professor was challenged with a pertinent evolutionary debate. Watch as he is right about something for the first time ever.

Gravity controversy! Fecal news! Fatty cake brain! Shady brainy babies! Lottery science magic! Shirts, singing! Who knows what secrets the universe holds? The Tuesday Science Watch does! Because we watch your science—clad in pop tune follicles!