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Jerry Coyne and His Readers Attack Academic Freedom, and Call for More Intolerance 

It became clear that Coyne’s whole point was to gin up harassment of the journal so they won’t publish critiques of evolution in the future. Read More ›
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Benoît B. Mandelbrot: A Maverick Who Broke the Consensus

The Mandelbrot set reminds me of the Fibonacci series that, in a similar way, gives rise to aesthetically pleasing patterns in a wide variety of natural phenomena. Read More ›
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To a Pro-Intelligent Design Paper, Biologist Jerry Coyne Reacts with Question-Begging

The paper seeks to elucidate the plausibility of naturalistic evolutionary processes generating a minimal living cell. Read More ›
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Has Michael Denton “Recanted” His Critiques of Darwinian Evolution?

Obviously, in asking about someone’s view on “evolution,” the answer depends very much on how you define that notoriously multivalent word. Read More ›
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Origin-of-Life Researcher at Georgia Tech Picks Up the Design Signal in Biopolymers

You will hear one word, over and over in this remarkable talk, that has stolen the place, or taken the credit, for what is undeniable evidence of design. Read More ›
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A New Second Edition of Mathematician Granville Sewell’s Book Is Out Now

Dr. Sewell wrote perhaps the most moving essay we've ever published here, under the title, "The Biggest Theological Objection to Design." Read More ›
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Evolution’s Stubborn Icons: Peppered Moths and Miller-Urey Still Shambling Along

By now, you might think that the icons of evolution that Dr. Jonathan Wells wrote about 24 years ago have been put out of our misery. Read More ›
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When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›
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Molecular Biologist Marci Reeves on the Principles of Scientific Thinking

She uses the analogy of a beautifully frosted cake. The bottom layer is the raw data, while additional layers include interpretation, narrative, and hype. Read More ›
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Science Without Materialism: Yes, It Would Still Work

What if we assume that our minds really are immaterial? Math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, logic still works. Read More ›

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