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Listen: John West on Scientific Racism and the Cachet of Darwinism in the Humanities

On race, scientists followed Darwin’s thinking until religious and civil rights leaders, not other scientists, ultimately shamed them out of it. Read More ›
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Photo: Michael Behe, a scene from Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines.

Behe Up Against the Sociology of Science

You could predict how the review would be written — not only that it would be negative but the precise ways in which it would also be spurious. Read More ›
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Science Article Castigates “Human Supremacy”

Environmentalism is growing darkly anti-human. That misanthropy has also seeped into science. Read More ›
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Photo credit: University of Chicago’s Hull Library, by Josh Evnin, via Flickr(cropped).

New Model Legislative Resolution on University Student Academic Freedom in Science

From otherwise very impassioned and articulate commentators, the silence on this subject is remarkable. Truly, it’s a scandal. Read More ›
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No Escape from Theistic Evolution?

“TE thus represents a very deep sink or depression in the landscape of theological and scientific opinion.” Read More ›
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Image: Lion and fox, by Wenceslaus Hollar [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. 

Sociologist Steve Fuller: How ID Foxes Can Beat the Darwinian Lions 

University of Warwick sociologist Steve Fuller is one of the few researchers in his field who knows much about intelligent design and the controversy it ignites. Read More ›
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Join Us: Major Conference on Theistic Evolution, April 6-7 in Greater Philadelphia

Don't miss a fascinating two-day discussion of human origins and the fossil record, human rights and human life, rebranded science and incoherent theology. Read More ›
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A Professor Learns the Price of Speaking Her Mind

Amy Wax describes her experiences after co-authoring a controversial newspaper op-ed. Read More ›
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Wikipedia Shreds the Truth

The less anyone cares, the more you can trust this ubiquitous information source. Read More ›
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Photo: Pocket watch, an image Wikipedia links with intelligent design because it’s meant to suggest an association with William Paley and the antiquated “watchmaker analogy”; by Hannes Grobe (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Wiki Co-Founder Blasts “Appallingly Biased” Wikipedia Entry on ID

A philosophy PhD, Larry Sanger worked with Jimmy Wales to found Wikipedia in 2001. Read More ›

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