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2017

Sad chimp
Photo credit: Richard from Canton, United States [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Chimps Hold “Funeral”?

Attempts to deny the exceptional qualities of human beings and conflate us with animals share a tendency to self-destruct. Read More ›
Middlebury College
Academic Freedom statement
Middlebury College, Tichnor Brothers, Publisher [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Discovery Institute’s Chapman, Buri, and West Sign Joint Statement on Academic Freedom

The admonishment from Robert George and Cornel West is eloquent, important -- and frankly, long overdue. Read More ›
Axe Education Day
Douglas Axe
Doug Axe, by Janine Solfelt.

Education Day on Intelligent Design, Now an Annual Event, Is a Growing Success!

More than 200 students, teachers, and home educators attended and heard from CSC Fellows. Read More ›
Kurzweil
Artificial Intelligence
Ray Kurzweill, by Ed Schipul [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

“Computers in Your Brain”: Ray Kurzweil’s Nightmare AI Vision

I'm trying to count the number of ways that reading Google futurologist as he gushes about the "singularity" makes me feel sick to my stomach. Read More ›
Denisova Cave
ancient DNA
Tourists contemplate Denisova Cave, Siberia, by ЧуваевНиколай at ru.wikipedia [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Research on Ancient DNA Could Test Predictions of Non-Darwinian Speciation Models

Independent groups of researchers (e.g., Hössjer et al. 2016), more or less skeptical of common ancestry, have suggested the alternative model of initial heterozygotic diversity. Read More ›
Murray Stanger cover
Image: Allison Stanger and Charles Murray, via Middlebury College.

Middlebury College, Academic Freedom Laws — Assessing the Future of Intellectual Freedom

At Middlebury, hysterical insistence on uniformity of thought drew a furious mob of students. Read More ›
orphan baby two-toed sloth
orphan genes
Orphaned baby two-toed sloth, Jaguar Rescue Center, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica, by Matt MacGillivray via Flickr.

Pity the Unwanted Orphan Genes — An Awkward Topic for Darwinism

Discovery Institute philosopher of biology Paul Nelson is a great explainer. Read More ›
red algae
evolution of plant-like life
Fossil red algae, by Stefan Bengtson, CCAL via Science Daily.

Plant-Like Life Is Pushed Back 400 Million Years

In the evolution debate, Darwinists interpret time as automatically favorable to themselves. Not necessarily so. Read More ›

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