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2018

Mike Keas

Unbelievable: Debunking Science and Faith Myths with Historian Mike Keas

Praising science as way to implicitly, or explicitly, club religion over the head is a familiar feature of our culture. It’s not new, either. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Biology classroom, U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gustavo Castillo.

Smithsonian Misrepresents Evolution to AP Biology Students

Basically, it’s a how-to guide for sugarcoating evolutionary dogma in the science classroom. Read More ›
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Image: From the trailer for The Blob (screenshot), by Paramount Pictures [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

From Darwin’s Rhapsody, to The Blob

A friend recommends this passage from biologist Wayne Rossiter’s book Shadow of Oz for its delightful analogy. Read More ›
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Image: “The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog,” c. 1817, by Caspar David Friedrich, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin’s Rhapsody

“Evolution” in its deepest sense is a foundational metaphysical commitment, not a scientific theory that one could test. Read More ›
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Image credit: Illustra Media, from Origin:  Design, Chance and the First Life on Earth.

Membrane Channels Show Astonishing Specificity

The “selectivity filters” in membrane channels of living cells are able to discriminate between very similar molecules or atoms using complex mechanisms. Read More ›
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Photo: Belgian Federal Parliament, via Wikimedia Commons.

Euthanasia’s Moral Abyss — Belgian Edition

The carnage so bloodlessly described in the Belgian report demonstrates vividly the consequences to a society when it generally accepts killing as a proper answer to human suffering. Read More ›
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Image: Charles Darwin, by OpenClipart-Vectors, via Flickr.

From Charles Darwin, a Wonderful Lesson in Character

If such a break between old colleagues happened now, the results would likely be very different. Read More ›
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Photo: European bee-eaters, note the bee which is about to meet its fate, by Pierre Dalous [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Migrating Birds Can Find Their Flocks After Many Miles and Days Apart

Another study of bird migration using geolocators finds fascinating new facts about social interactions during long-distance flights. Read More ›
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Image source: Aquinas.Design, courtesy of Discovery Institute.

Aquinas, Chaberek, Richards: A Cleansing Conversation

Our culture is both degraded and degrading. No doubt the caustic effects of some trends in scientific thought — about biological origins, for example — have played a part in that. What can we do about it? Read More ›

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