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“Risky” Business — College Shuts Down Professor over Speech on Science, Free Expression

Adam Perkins, King’s College London lecturer in Neurobiology of Personality, was scheduled to deliver a talk at his institution. Read More ›
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Photo: Kanye West, by rodrigoferrari [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Kanye Imagine? “Scientists Don’t Have to Be Darwinists”

Thanks to Kanye West and Chance the Rapper, an idea has sprung on the culture like a thunderclap. Read More ›
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Photo: U.S. Marshalls with a witness under protection, by United States Marshals Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design’s Witness Protection Program

Yesterday I was involved in negotiating email contact between an ID proponent in academia and a professor who’s not an ID proponent. Read More ›
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UK: Students Should Be Allowed to “Develop Own Opinions” Even if “Unpopular, Controversial”

A “chilling effect.” Yes, that’s a result of persecuting people with unpopular opinions. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Welcome to the 2015 “Exploring Human Origins: What Does It Mean to Be Human?” exhibit, Milpitas Public Library, Milpitas, California, by Casey Luskin.

“Acceptance Is My Goal”: Reporter Spills the Beans on True Goals of Evolution Education

Usually when evolutionists talk about pushing evolution on the public, they are careful to guard their words. Read More ›
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Photo: March for Science, by Master Steve Rapport [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Marching for Evidence?

Imagine yourself as a graduate student doing research in one of the natural sciences. Read More ›
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Photo: March for Science, 2017, Brisbane, by interestedbystandr, via Flickr.

Imagine Copernicus, Newton, Pasteur “Marching for Science”

Jonathan Witt: “In the M4S subculture, dissent is a thought crime.” Read More ›
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Kevin Williamson and All That: Missing the Big Story on Free Speech

People who care about defending freedom of expression are grateful for just about any attention the issue receives from the media. Read More ›
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Photo: Stephen Meyer teaches at the 2017 Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, by Daniel Reeves.

Deadline to Apply for Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Is Today, April 3!

At most colleges and universities, perhaps including the one you yourself attend, research and teaching about intelligent design is forbidden science. Read More ›
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An Open Door — Reasons for Hope on Academic Freedom?

As Sarah Chaffee points out, the new Free Science website is an outstanding new resource. Read More ›

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