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2011

Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Observed Natural Selection

The online encyclopedia triumphantly points to resistance to myxoma virus among Australian rabbits as one piece of evidence, among others, for common descent. Read More ›

Waste Not, Want Not: Chimps Show the Way to Higher Development

Followers of news from the world of evolution research are abuzz over a new study, and it's only partly because of the opportunity for putting some mild potty talk in your headlines. Read More ›

Using Scientific-Sounding Language to Psychoanalyze ID Proponents

The opening chapter of Epistemology and Science Education: Understanding the Intelligent Design Controversy has zero citations to any ID literature yet managed to conclude that "there are numerous examples of how scientific discourse and practices are perverted by proponents of 'intelligent design.'" Read More ›

From the Darwinist Blogosphere, Stephen Meyer’s Trip to London Elicits a Typical Reaction

Molecular genetics professor Robert Saunders was sent an invitation which he accepted, though he didn't turn up for the event. However he decided to blog about it anyway. Read More ›

A Darwinist Worries about Darwinian Rhetoric

Jack Scanlan, Australian blogger and contributor to Darwinist group blog Panda’s Thumb, picks up on Casey Luskin’s comments here about anti-ID rhetoric and adds an unintentionally humorous suggestion for ID critics.

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Josh Rosenau’s “Potemkin” Arguments

Earlier this year, Josh Rosenau of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) apparently felt the need to find a way to deal with the fact that Discovery Institute is funding scientific research that challenges neo-Darwinism. Read More ›

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