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Now It’s Science Fraud in…Mathematics?

Most lay people would not think that mathematics is a particularly safe place to do fraud. Read More ›
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Not a “Turning Point”: Study Finds Homo habilis Was Hunted as Prey

The proposals of this study are very consistent with what we have long argued here. Read More ›
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Nature Right Pushes Neo-Pagan Mysticism at Highest Academic Levels

Most recently, the Harvard Kennedy School hosted a symposium on “nature rights” undergirded by “indigenous knowledge.” Read More ›
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What’s More Deserving of Ig Nobel Prizes than Evolutionary Just-So Stories? 

The committee passed up some research that would have raised eyebrows and given the crowd some hearty laughs. Read More ›
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Darwin, Faust, and the Alchemist: Unexpected Roots of a Scientific Idea

Today we would of course brand both Faust and the Alchemist fantasists or “mad scientists” of the first order. Was Darwin prone to such wishful thinking? Read More ›
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How Modern Physics Reveals Purpose in the Universe

Scientists agree that our universe is finely tuned for the existence of life. But is the fine-tuning a happy accident or the result of foresight? Read More ›
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Physics to God: Rational Arguments for Design in the Universe

Do you recognize the number 1/137.035999206? It might seem arbitrary, but if the fine structure constant were any higher or lower, you might not exist! Read More ›
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In Science, the Rising Power of Private Truth

Many people experience a vast liberation when they are freed from the constraints of logic, reason, and evidence. Read More ›
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Will We Care For or Kill Dementia Patients?

I understand that people are terrified of dementia. Believe me, I get it. My mother died of Alzheimer’s. Read More ›
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Can Evolution Explain Altruism or Heroism?

Casey Luskin and I share separate recent examples of people who have run towards burning cars to save complete strangers. Read More ›

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