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2020

Kimberella
Kimberella
Photo: Kimberella, by Ghedoghedo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

#2 Story of 2020: Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum

None of the Cambrian animal phyla is represented in the Ediacaran fossil record. Read More ›
hydrothermal vents
inferential science
Photo: Hydrothermal vents, where some theories hypothesize that life originated, by NOAA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

#3 Story of 2020: On the Origin of Life, My Response to Jeremy England

Clearly, the questions he and I have discussed are not only of scientific or academic interest, but instead go to the root of life’s meaning and purpose. Read More ›
coronavirus
evolution
Photo: A coronavirus, by CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM / Public domain.

#4 Story of 2020: Evolution, Design, and COVID-19

The waves may be huge and the surface roiling, but the deeper waters continue as they always have, essentially undisturbed. Read More ›
COVID-19
coronavirus
Photo credit: Airman 1st Class Alexis Christian, via Peterson Air Force Base.

#5 Story of 2020: Coronavirus, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

The measures being taken against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic owe nothing to evolutionary theory. Read More ›
cherry blossoms
Cherry blossoms on the campus of the University of Washington, Seattle. Authorities were telling would-be visitors to stay away; by D. Guillaime / CC BY-SA.

#6 Story of 2020: Amid a Pandemic, Wisdom from C. S. Lewis

Lewis's advice seems eerily applicable to our own situation, just substitute “pandemic” for “war.” Read More ›
cat on roof
Photo credit: Bruce Gendler via Unsplash.

#7 Story of 2020: Darwin Is on the Roof

Books by Behe, and other ID theorists doing an independent of audit of evolutionary thinking, find devastating faults in the theory. Read More ›
Lime Kiln Lighthouse
Photo: Lime Kiln Lighthouse, San Juan Island, via Wikimedia Commons.

Reuben’s Story — A Light in Troubled Times

"Methodological naturalism is a very depressing thing to be told is the truth," says an 18-year-old correspondent. "Your work may have saved my life." Read More ›
fireman
plague
Photo credit: David Mark via Pixabay.

Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2020: Upstairs into the Plague

Epidemiology, to which Darwinism is a “narrative gloss,” is an old and vigorous science. Read More ›
Antidote to Despair
Photo credit: JOHN TOWNER via Unsplash.

#9 Story of 2020: An Antidote to Despair

I am a biologist, a worker in a field with a sorrowful history of categorizing human beings by race. Read More ›
Greenland Ice Sheet
Photo: Greenland Ice Sheet.

Glaciers Enhance the Biosphere — By Design

Glacial meltwater performs unexpected and surprising roles that benefit life on earth. Read More ›

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