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2018

Embrace-Evidence
Photo: March for Science, by Master Steve Rapport [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Marching for Evidence?

Imagine yourself as a graduate student doing research in one of the natural sciences. Read More ›
Alder_Hey_Children's_Health_Park_2
Photo: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, by Rodhullandemu (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like

The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case. Read More ›
Human eye
Image source: “Be Grateful for the Intelligent Design of Your Eyes,” via Discovery Institute/YouTube.

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

Vertebrate eyes work reasonably well, Richard Dawkins conceded, but “it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer!” Read More ›
March for Science 2
Photo: March for Science, 2017, Brisbane, by interestedbystandr, via Flickr.

Imagine Copernicus, Newton, Pasteur “Marching for Science”

Jonathan Witt: “In the M4S subculture, dissent is a thought crime.” Read More ›
Origin
Image: Courtesy of Illustra Media.

Four Darwin Heretics: A Reader’s Roundup

When you read Matti Leispola’s account of his adventures with a persecuted enclave of Darwin skeptics, you’ll understand why he has a smile on his face. Read More ›
Four-Horsemen
Image: Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (1887), by Viktor Vasnetsov [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Protein Folding and the Four Horsemen of the Axocalypse

A recent series of critiques, published by the online journal Sapientia, was aimed at Doug Axe’s book, Undeniable. Read More ›
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Image: Joseph Le Conte, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Evolution Is More Certain than Gravity

Joseph Le Conte stated what will become clear to anyone who tries to present evidence to Darwinists. Read More ›
March 2
Photo credit: 2017 March for Science, by Anika Smith.

March for Science Is Back — Time to Talk About the Much Abused Idea of Scientific “Consensus”

Nothing could be timelier than a conversation between Jay Richards and Michael Medved about when it’s permissible to doubt a scientific “consensus.” Read More ›
Mars North Pole
Photo: Sand dunes at the North Pole of Mars, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona.

Egnor: Two Weaknesses of Agentive Cosmopsychism

There are a limited number of explanations available for how cosmic fine-tuning came to be. Actually, there are three. Read More ›
How to Build a Worm
Image: C. elegans, in a scene from How to Build a Worm, courtesy of Discovery Institute.

Ontogenetic Depth — A Problem for Evolution That’s Not Going Away

Being unable to measure ontogenetic depth is not good news for evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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