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Could Genetic Mutations Be Non-Random? New Evidence for Mutational Bias

The researchers examined the emergence of a mutation in the human APOL1 gene that confers protection from African sleeping sickness. Read More ›
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Giving Up on the Branching Order of Spiralia: More Findings from Max Telford’s Group

The open agnosticism in this new MS is a short step away from throwing in the towel entirely, at an even more radical level. Read More ›
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Watch: Brian Miller on Evolution’s Circular Logic

Dr. Miller poignantly describes being a freshman at MIT, looking up at the ceiling of his dorm room, and making a bargain with God. Read More ›
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Can Equations Serve as a Designer Substitute?

To achieve “something rather than nothing” requires more than an equation, more than mathematics. Read More ›
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Oxford Conference on Evolution: Heresies and New Ideas Every Day

Michael Lynch, Jerry Coyne, and Richard Dawkins would have split themselves in two, like Rumpelstiltskin in a wild rage, if they had attended. Read More ›
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Here We Go Again: For Complex Life, Just Add Fertilizer

You may have all the ingredients you want, in the right quantities, but without a builder, nothing functionally complex will emerge. Read More ›
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Be Prepared: Here Are Portable Neanderthal Toolkits

Folks, that is impressive behavior. As David Coppedge says, let’s ditch the historical racism. Read More ›
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Why Intelligence Is Necessary to Explain Nature’s Functional Information

The law of conservation of information shows that intelligence is a necessary requirement for the complex functional information found in nature. Read More ›
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For Roe’s Anniversary, Renew Your Awe of Reproduction

How do those cells “know” what to become? Where does the information reside that shapes a human in the womb? Read More ›
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The Nigerian Experiment: Social Darwinism in Practice

In the late 19th century, Great Britain, the United States, and twelve European nations got together and divided Africa up among themselves. Read More ›

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