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January 4, 2013

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Evolution
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Video: Professor Stephen Clark on “How Darwin Destroyed Reason”

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January 4, 2013

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The third installment of the Cambridge "Design in Nature?" conference is now available for your viewing pleasure. Read More ›

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January 4, 2013

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“Microbiology’s Scarred Revolutionary”: Carl Woese, RIP

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January 4, 2013

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Woese recognized the ubiquity of phylogenetic conflict across the tree of life. Read More ›

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Jonathan McLatchie

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January 2, 2013

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Intelligent Design
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“Intelligent Design: The Most Credible Idea?” Stephen Meyer in Cambridge

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January 2, 2013

Intelligent Design

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Previously, I highlighted the ID conference that took place in Cambridge, England, this summer. Read More ›

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Jonathan McLatchie

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December 20, 2012

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Evolution
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Why the Argument from Suboptimal Design Is Weak

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December 20, 2012

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Microsoft Windows operating systems have many design flaws -- but that does not make them any less designed. Read More ›

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Jonathan McLatchie

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December 9, 2012

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Evolution
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Human Origins, and the Real Reasons for Evolutionary Skepticism

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December 9, 2012

Evolution

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Coyne's book leaves our Darwin doubts as they were, squarely in place. Read More ›

Pair of male and female eurasian bullfinch, pyrrhula pyrrhula, sitting just above water level with their reflection mirrored on surface. Two cute colorful passerine birds drinking from pond.

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Jonathan McLatchie

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December 8, 2012

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Evolution
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The Persistent Enigma of Sexual Reproduction

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December 8, 2012

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Coyne begins this section with a description of the evolutionary costs of sex. Read More ›

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Jonathan McLatchie

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December 7, 2012

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Evolution
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Blink and You’ll Miss It: Jerry Coyne Turns His Attention to the “Engine of Evolution”

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December 7, 2012

Evolution

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Chapter 5 is the only part of Coyne's book that attempts to demonstrate the causal power of the proposed mechanisms driving evolutionary change. Read More ›

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Jonathan McLatchie

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December 6, 2012

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Evolution
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As Evidence of Darwinian Evolution, Biogeography Falls Well Short of Satisfying

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December 6, 2012

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Biogeography is the field that seeks to explain the global distribution of organisms by reference to migration, continental drift, and so on. Read More ›

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Jonathan McLatchie

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December 5, 2012

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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From Jerry Coyne, “Evolution-of-the-Gaps” and Other Fallacies

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December 5, 2012

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In Chapter 3 of his book, Coyne turns his attention to the argument from suboptimal design. Read More ›

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Jonathan McLatchie

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December 4, 2012

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Evolution
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Jerry Coyne’s Chapter on the Fossil Record Fails to Show “Why Evolution Is True”

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December 4, 2012

Evolution

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One feature of the fossil record that would not be expected under Darwin's theory is the observed pattern of morphological disparity preceding diversity. Read More ›