Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
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2018

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Photo: P.T. Barnum, via Harvard Library/Wikimedia Commons.

Empowerment or Exploitation? P.T. Barnum and the “Man Monkey”

Maybe you’ve watched The Greatest Showman — but have you heard of Barnum’s “What Is It?” exhibit? Read More ›
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Image credit: mohamed_hassan, via Pixabay.

An Evolutionary Guide to Paying on Dates

It must be hard for young daters to follow. It’s an even bigger challenge to square with Darwin’s theory. Read More ›
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Photo: A scene from The Biology of the Baroque, via Discovery Institute.

New Study Supports Michael Denton’s Structuralist View

The way an embryo develops shows a method of patterning that makes use of physical processes as if they conform to a predetermined plan. Read More ›
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Photo: A peppered moth, by Andy Phillips, via Flickr (cropped).

Listen: Dead Peppered Moths Can’t Evolve

The science of peppered moth evolution has been shown to be false. But the pictures and the claims are persuasive. Read More ›
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Photo: Monkey House, Bronx Zoo, in 2009, by Michael Gray via Flickr (cropped).

Understatement: According to Current Zoo Director, Caging Man “Shouldn’t Have Happened”

Hammering home the lesson about “our own evolutionary history” was exactly the purpose behind displaying and humiliating an African man with monkeys. Read More ›
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Photo credit: sasint, via Pixabay.

But Wesley, It’s a Study!

Sorry. In our ideological times, that doesn’t mean as much as it once did. Read More ›
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Photo: Bronx Zoo, Monkey House, from Human Zoos, via Discovery Institute.

New Documentary Human Zoos Isn’t Ancient History

Evolution, the New York Times lectured, is “No more debatable than the multiplication table.” Sound familiar? Read More ›
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Photo: Blombos Cave, South Africa, by Magnus Haaland, via University of Witwatersrand/EurekAlert!

“Oldest Known Drawing,” and More Cases of Intelligent Design at Work in Science

Some scientists may denounce ID as a movement, but they find its practice very useful. Read More ›
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Image source: The Biology of the Second Reich, via Discovery Institute.

On Biology of the Second Reich, New York Times Misses the Elephant in the Room

Yes, yes, Timesmen. But where did German racist science get its justification? Read More ›
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Photo credit (top): StewartENT, via Pixabay.

Nathan Lents Is Back; Still Wrong About Sinuses 

The interaction with Lents is of interest because it provides an opportunity to look again, in some detail, at a fascinating illustration of design in action. Read More ›

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