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2023

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embryonic development
Photo: Chicken embryo, by Ben Skála (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Peer-Reviewed Paper Shows Vertebrate Embryonic Variation Contradicts Common Ancestry

Evolutionary biologists often argue that vertebrate embryos develop in highly similar manners, reflecting their common ancestry. Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
Photo: Statue of Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury Library, by Bs0u10e01 / CC BY-SA.

I Got Canceled by the National Science Teaching Association

My topic was “The Top 10 Scientific Arguments Against Darwin’s Theory — According to Darwin Himself.” Read More ›
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Photo credit: Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Euthanasia’s Cultural Collateral Damage: Less Respect for Human Life

Canada has fallen off the euthanasia moral cliff by allowing broad categories of people to be killed by doctors as a means of ending “suffering.” Read More ›
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Summer Seminars in Colorado — A FREE Remedy for Cancel Culture; Applications Due April 1

As one of our students last year said at the concluding banquet, the Summer Seminars represent “science as it should be, rather than science as it is.” Read More ›
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Photo: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, by Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility, Dartmouth College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Biochemical Icon of Intelligent Design, ATP Synthase Does More than Spin

As super-resolution imaging improves, the world’s smallest rotary motor continues to amaze. Read More ›
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More Jobs for “Junk” DNA (Cont.)

If “junk” DNA goes toxic, does that suggest it had an original normal function? See the conclusion of this new paper. Read More ›
William Wilberforce
Photo: William Wilberforce, depicted in a statue at his birthplace in Hull, England; by Steve F-E-Cameron (Merlin-UK), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Failed Attempt to Turn Darwin into Wilberforce

Nice try, Desmond and Moore. But criticizing Darwinian evolution does not make one a racist. The real Darwin is a far more ambiguous and conflicted figure. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Eric E. Castro, via Flickr (cropped).

Gilson: How a Teacher Wrecked Biology for Me, and How I Got Past It

His biology teacher could take an entire class period to tell Charles Darwin’s life story, and then repeat the same class, virtually verbatim. Read More ›
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Robert J. Marks on Fox News: You Are Not Going to Be AI’s “Pet”

Regarding ChatGPT, Dr. Marks said one of its biggest problems is its evident bias. Read More ›
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Engineering Language Enters Biology — The Case of the Endosome

An automated engineering system presupposes a designer with foresight and a mind that understands how to make things work. Read More ›

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