Irvine Professor is Winner of Templeton Prize

(25 Mar 10 - RV) A Spanish-American professor of evolutionary genetics and molecular biology, Francisco Ayala from Irvine University, California was today named winner of the 2010 Templeton Prize – an annual award to an individual who has made significant contributions to research into spiritual matters. Ayala told us he sees science and faith as two distinct but essential ways of understanding the natural world and the meaning of human life…