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Photo: Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India, by Fruiticos, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

India High Court: Nature Is a “Living Being” with “Rights”

Nature-rights laws generally allow anyone who believes that nature’s “rights” are being violated to sue to prevent the violation and to seek redress. Read More ›
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Luskin, Shapiro: Has Intelligent Design Waned?

Shapiro suggests that ID often amounts to a presenter highlighting an amazing feature in biology and then giving glory to God. Read More ›
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Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about. Read More ›
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Image: The climax of Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the "Twilight of the Gods," by Max Brückner (1836-1919), printed by Otto Henning, restoration by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Are Science Reporters So Credulous?

Most journalists who write about evolution appear to have made their choice to be flacks and toadies for the godlike biologists. Read More ›
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Image credit: Philroc, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Great Lakes Bill of Rights” Legislation Introduced

Based on the chat-room comments, I was viewed by the college students who watched as the skunk at the party for defending human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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Image credit: David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank. doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-042.

The New Yorker Takes “A Journey to the Center of Our Cells”

There’s a problem that biologists have long pondered — how do proteins find other proteins within the cell that they are supposed to interact with? Read More ›
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Marvin Olasky Joins Discovery Institute as New Senior Fellow

“I’ve long admired Discovery’s courageous work on intelligent design,” said Olasky. Read More ›
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Major Scandal: New York Times Reports CDC Withholding Massive Amounts of COVID-19 Data

To get the Washington State data, I’ve had to make repeated inquiries, and ultimately file a formal public documents request. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Kelly Sikkema, via Unsplash.

A Plea to Parents: Don’t “Butt Out” of Your Kids’ Education

In many districts evolutionary theory is taught as unquestionable dogma, with none of the theory’s weaknesses presented. Read More ›
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On Thanksgiving, Support the Scientific Defense of Common Sense

“The heresy of heresies was common sense,” Orwell writes. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Read More ›

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