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Your “Botched Body”: Bad Design or Bad Logic?

Whenever a complex system of systems works at all, it seems counterproductive to attempt a “bad design” argument. Read More ›

This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like

The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case. Read More ›
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Eggshell’s Remarkable Design — A Tribute to Mindless Evolution?

The key lies in a triple-layered structure and a protein called osteopontin. Read More ›
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Photo: Orestis Palermos, screen shot via Coursera.

Less Pseudo, More Science, Please

Cardiff University philosopher Orestis Palermos was at the center of a stir last week for a claim he made in an online lecture. Read More ›

Courts Decide It’s Time for Alfie Evans to Die

We are witnessing a steady and growing imposition of technocracy in medicine, where “experts” define the parameters of care.  Read More ›
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How Biochemist Matti Leisola’s Lab Experience Persuaded Him of Intelligent Design

Leisola describes a humble example — the enzymes in washing powder we use in the laundry, with the ability to degrade proteins. Read More ›

Qualifying for Euthanasia by Self-Starvation in Canada

Canada has embraced a positive “right to die.” Here is what happens once that Rubicon is crossed. Read More ›
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“Spontaneous Creation”: Meyer on Stephen Hawking’s Category Error

He asked poignantly in A Brief History of Time, “What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” Read More ›

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