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2023

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Image: COVID-19, by CDC, via Unsplash.

Listen: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on COVID-19 as One of the Most Divisive Events in American History

Action was taken to suppress heterodox voices. Wesley Smith’s guest is one of those caught in this cultural oppression. Read More ›
cat and mouse
Photo credit: Mark Sardella, via Flickr (cropped).

Can Animals Be Held Criminally Responsible?

While the idea is handled provocatively in philosophy literature, in practice, animals are envisioned as plaintiffs, not defendants, in animal rights cases. Read More ›
full moon
Photo credit: Ganapathy Kumar via Unsplash.

Animals Tune Behavior by  Lunar Cycle; but How?

Researchers in Austria think they have found a clue: a cryptochrome protein that appears to respond to the lunar cycle. Read More ›
Afrosoricida
Photo: Diamantochloris inconcessus, Eocene, Namibia, combined after Pickford 2018 figs. 1 and 3, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Golden Moles and the Abrupt Origin of Afrosoricida

Should we draw any conclusions from such consistent empirical failures of a theory? Read More ›
scorpion
Photo credit: Marshal Hedin from San Diego, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Minimal Complexity Problem in Prey Detection by the Sand Scorpion

The scorpion can detect tiny vibrations, of order 1 Angstrom (the size of a hydrogen atom) in amplitude, that emanate from its prey. Read More ›
Ann Gauger
generosity
Photo: Ann Gauger in "The Problem with Theistic Evolution," via Crossway.

The Evolution of Dr. Ann Gauger

The year was 2004. Dr. Gauger’s scientific credentials had caught the eye of Stephen Meyer and he had invited her to come talk with him. Read More ›
consciousness
Photo credit: Dean Marston via Pixabay.

Brain Scientist: Consciousness Didn’t Evolve; It Creates Evolution

Donald Hoffman says that even the Big Bang must be understood in a universe where consciousness is fundamental. Read More ›
spiral galaxy NGC 7469 2
Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 7469, by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans.

Astrophysicist Bijan Nemati: Why Intelligent Design Matters

Born and raised in Iran, Nemati moved to the United States shortly before the Iranian revolution, and became an atheist in college. Read More ›
Thalassiosira pseudonana
Photo: Thalassiosira pseudonana, by Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Diatoms and the Mystery of Morphogenesis

From code to art: how does a linear set of instructions result in a beautifully crafted pattern? Diatoms do it, and scientists are struggling to figure out how. Read More ›
runners
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Life as a Half-Full Glass

A 2018 book by biologist Nathan Lents is full of complaints about our bodies. Professor Lents has been answered in detail already. Read More ›

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