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2018

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Photo: A humpback whale, by Christopher Michel, via Flickr.

The Biggest Sea Animals: Whaling for Evolution

The largest animals that ever lived defy simple evolutionary stories. Read More ›
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Photo: Kanye West, by rodrigoferrari [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Kanye Imagine? “Scientists Don’t Have to Be Darwinists”

Thanks to Kanye West and Chance the Rapper, an idea has sprung on the culture like a thunderclap. Read More ›
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Multiple Problems with the Multiverse

In a new PragerU video, this is quite a strong statement from UC San Diego physicist Brian Keating. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Alberto D'Ottavi, via Flickr.

Digital Evolution and Bohemian Bugs

All software engineers have been burnt by those sneaky “bugs” that manage to get past the defenses. Read More ›
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Photo: Yale University campus, dusk, via Wikimedia Commons.

David Gelernter: “You Need To Know Who You Are To Begin With”

Knowing who you are, where you came from, is a central purpose of education, and frankly not only in the humanities but in biology. Read More ›
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Image: The Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo Buonarroti [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Dennis Venema’s Adam and the Genome: A Case Study in Cognitive Bias

In a previous article I described how scientific training can condition some scientists’ minds to resist the evidence in nature for intelligent design. Read More ›
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Register Now for May 8 Seattle Premiere of “Mesmerizing,” “Racially Charged” Human Zoos

What could be more wholesome or innocent than a visit to the zoo? You may ask that now, but it was a quite a different state of affairs a century ago. Read More ›
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Photo: U.S. Marshalls with a witness under protection, by United States Marshals Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design’s Witness Protection Program

Yesterday I was involved in negotiating email contact between an ID proponent in academia and a professor who’s not an ID proponent. Read More ›
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Photo: A crested macaque, by Tim Strater from Rotterdam, Nederland (Kuifmakaak) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Court Takes Half-Step Toward Animals Suing

I know Judge Bea, who wrote this decision — and he’s no left-wing radical. So, I think the court is sending a warning. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Jarrod Doll, via Flickr.

Yes, Intelligent Design Is Detectable by Science

This is one key issue on which proponents of ID and of theistic evolution differ. Read More ›

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