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2018

Parker Solar Probe
Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben, via NASA. 

NASA’s Parker Probe Kisses the Sun — And Rightly So

It’s thanks only to the fine-tuning of the laws and constants of nature that we live in a universe awash in radiation from this tiny swath of the electromagnetic spectrum — the life-permitting swath. Read More ›
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civil rights

The Forgotten Civil Right

In resisting bullies and censors, free speech advocates have done important work. They need, however, to add science to their range of concerns. Read More ›
reproduction
oocyte
Image: An oocyte, from “Conception to birth — visualized,” via YouTube (screen shot).

Why Evolution and Reproduction Are Unnatural

Reproduction is the most fundamental characteristic of life. We see it happen everywhere, so we may feel there is nothing “unnatural” about it.  Read More ›
Bechly

Bechly: Darwinian Evolution and the Problem of the Collector’s Curve

Darwin himself could take refuge in an “Evolution of the Gaps” scenario where confirmation of his theory would emerge with time. Modern Darwinists don’t have that luxury. Read More ›
chromosomes
common descent
Photo: Midge chromosomes, by Dr. Josef Reischig [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design, Common Descent, and a Qualification

I had someone ask whether, in a previous post, I meant universal common descent (UCD) or more limited common descent. Read More ›
climbing Everest
Photo: Climbers on Mount Everest, by Lloyd Smith, via Wikimedia Commons. 

Intelligent Design, Common Descent, and an Ascent of Mount Everest

Did four-year-old Angela climb Everest by herself? No way. Read More ›
David Berlinski
Photo: David Berlinski, “Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions,” via YouTube/Hoover Institution.

Listen: Berlinski on the Limits of Rational Discourse

I asked David Berlinski and Michael Denton what they thought was the nub of intellectual difference between a thoughtful Darwkin skeptic and a thoughtful Darwin loyalist. Read More ›
Blue Wildebeest
Photo: Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), by Muhammad Mahdi Karim [GFDL 1.2], from Wikimedia Commons.

Ants, Wildebeest, Penguins, and More: A Zoo of Animal Designs

Don’t kick sand in the face of a wildebeest by joking that it looks like it was made by a committee. It might flex its muscles and charge. Read More ›
hole
Photo credit: Skitterphoto, via Pixabay. 

No Escape from Theistic Evolution?

“TE thus represents a very deep sink or depression in the landscape of theological and scientific opinion.” Read More ›

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