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November 2023

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Photo: Ichthyosaur vertebra, Liassic Germany, by G. Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Triassic Kraken Hypothesis Provoked Scornful Darwinist Revenge

Instead of a reasonable and fair scientific debate, McMenamin’s hypothesis has been ridiculed by other scientists and science journalists. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NOAA.

Woke Watch: The Ideological Transformation of Medical Journals

Now, the political alarm is over "planetary health," which covers a lot of, er, ground. Read More ›
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Photo: A skull from the Qafzeh Cave, by Wapondaponda, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

When Did Humans Start Burying the Dead?

Only humans understand death as the inevitable and final reality for all mortal beings no matter what we do. Read More ›
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Photo: M92, by NASA, en:STScI, en:WikiSky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Big Bang Survives Two Tests

M92 is one of about 160 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy and is estimated to contain about 330,000 stars. Read More ›
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Photo: Life after death, by Christopher Campbell, via Unsplash.

The Scientific Evidence for Near-Death Experiences

Personal testimony about other realms can’t be independently corroborated, but objective evidence rooted in this world can be confirmed and evaluated. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Braxton Apana via Unsplash.

Understanding the Limits of Scientism

The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed.  Read More ›
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Photo credit: Sasun Bughdaryan via Unsplash.

Euthanasia for Autism, Intellectual Disabilities in the Netherlands

“Helping people with autism and intellectual disabilities to die is essentially eugenics.” Read More ›

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