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Can There Be Evidence for Free Will?

John Horgan thinks that “proofs” of free will seem as dubious as denials but there is actually considerable neuroscience evidence. Read More ›
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Denying Darwin: Berlinski and Meyer in Cambridge

These kinds of conversations between Steve Meyer and David Berlinski are usually confined to late night chats when the time zones in Seattle and Paris permit. Read More ›
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Researchers Are Stalled in Understanding the Origin of Human Language

What’s revealing in these types of studies is not what the researchers find but what the science media choose to make of them Read More ›
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Photo: Neanderthal tools, by Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Who (or What) First Used Tools?

It’s not stone tool use that is exclusive to humans; vultures can do that too. It’s the ability to form abstract ideas. Read More ›
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More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence

This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. Read More ›
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Biological Information in Static Electricity

The influence of static charge in pollination is one demonstrable case — not only for bees, but for moths and hummingbirds as well. Read More ›
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Shawn Otto and the “War on Science”

If evolutionary theory is so fundamental to medical research, why has no evolutionary biologist ever won a Noble Prize in physiology or medicine? Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: No Such Thing as a Coincidence

I find coincidences everywhere I look, all the time. Consider a simple blade of grass. One could write a long treatise about the simultaneous goings-on therein. Read More ›
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Now It’s “Whale Rights”

As often is the case in nature rights activism, “indigenous wisdom” is invoked as somehow superior to modern conservation. Read More ›
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Plant Missile Technology: A Peek in the Armory

Ballistic missiles are common in plants and fungi. Take a look at how they launch their payloads. Read More ›

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