scopes

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As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they aged.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

Scopes had his day in court and although he was found guilty and fined $100, Tennessee did not come out of the trial unscathed.

From Salon • May 30, 2023

Microsoft’s Scope 3 emissions are nearly 50 times as large as Scopes 1 and 2 combined, and they rose 23 percent in the year through June, after small declines in previous years.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022

At the time, Plummer was costarring with Brian Dennehy in the Broadway revival of “Inherit the Wind,” the classic fictionalization of the Scopes monkey trial of the 1920s.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2021

“Do you remember the Scopes trial?” he asked.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson