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April 2025

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Cold Water on “Dire Wolves”

"These are not dire wolves," says evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin. "These are gray wolves with 20 edited genes." Read More ›
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Dissent Becomes a Mental Illness

A healthcare historian looks at the history of the use of psychiatry to crush alternative viewpoints. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design: A Beginner’s Guide with Casey Luskin

How would you explain intelligent design to someone who has just recently begun looking into it? Perhaps you are new to it yourself. Read More ›
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Theory of Increasing Complexity Fails the Test of Science

What are evolutionists to do when their theory runs afoul of the laws of nature? Why, propose a bold new law of nature! Read More ›
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One Brain, Two Consciousnesses?

The idea that split-brain surgery can create two separate minds is immortal — in science fiction. Read More ›
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At NIH, Bhattacharya Wants to Restore Open Inquiry

Restoring open discussion is certainly worth a try. Science advances more from doubt than from certainty. Read More ›
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“Into the Jungle of Fanciful Assumption”: Excerpts from Samuel Wilberforce on Darwin

"We have objected to the views with which we have been dealing solely on scientific grounds." Read More ›
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The Undiscovered Country… Discovered?

Such cases may have been around since prehistoric times. Some researchers even suggest that they may have given rise to the popular artistic images of angels. Read More ›
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Implant Lets a Disabled Woman Speak Her Thoughts

The key benefit of the system is that it is much faster than traditional methods, cutting the time from internal speech to audible speech to three seconds. Read More ›
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Rescuing Evolution from Darwinian Myth

Does the public promotion of Darwin’s theory of natural selection match Darwin’s own private view of his theory? Read More ›

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