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Darwin: Why Women Are Inferior

Any list of toxic male behavior includes disrespect for women, and Darwin bears some responsibility for that. Read More ›
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New High School CHEMISTRY Course This Fall from Discovery Institute Academy

As teacher Kristin Marais emphasizes, “That’s what chemistry is all about: we want to see things.” Read More ›
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Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking

Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›
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On Human Origins, New Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Models for Reconciling Science and Religion 

In the final section of the paper, I proposed a scoring system to rate the models. Read More ›
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Luskin: Book Banning? Woke Forces Know All About That; They Practiced on Us

"Those 49 words — suggesting that students consult a library book if they wanted to learn more about a scientific idea — were too much for the thought police." Read More ›
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Photo: Steve Meyer and Bryan Callen, courtesy of the Bryan Callen Show.

Friendly Sparring, Verbal and Otherwise, on a Recent Episode of The Bryan Callen Show

The result is the type of interaction we’re secretly craving — energetic conversation between people with differing views but who demonstrate mutual respect. Read More ›
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Is the Plan to Impose a Public-Health Technocracy Faltering?

In February, I warned about a treaty being negotiated to empower the WHO to declare a pandemic, which would trigger governments assuming emergency powers. Read More ›
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The Barbarian Within: Darwinism and the Secular Script for Masculinity

Edgar Rice Burroughs set his Tarzan series (1912) in the African jungle. Because of Tarzan’s wild upbringing, he avoids the debilitating forces of civilization. Read More ›
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Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›
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To Restore Faith in Public Health, We Need Truth Commissions

We have seen the erosion of the scientific method through the suppression of dissenting points of view. Read More ›

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