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How to Restore Science’s Lost Luster

More and more, the scientific establishment looks like a special interest group with biases of their own. Read More ›
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“Risky” Business — College Shuts Down Professor over Speech on Science, Free Expression

Adam Perkins, King’s College London lecturer in Neurobiology of Personality, was scheduled to deliver a talk at his institution. Read More ›
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The Origin of Life: Dangers of Taking Research Claims at Face Value

All simulations that purport to be breakthroughs in origins problems follow the same pattern. Read More ›
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The Galileo Affair — A Durable Myth

The problem with science, as Del Ratzsch has pointed out, is that it is done by people. Read More ›
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Siddhartha Mukherjee’s History of Genomics Is a Story with a Lesson

Writing history is hard. The details and dates, people and places can tumble over one another. Read More ›
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Authority Replaces Evidence: Hear the Introduction to Darwin’s House of Cards

Tom Bethell tells of how his own skepticism about the logic of natural selection emerged, and describes an interview with Karl Popper. Read More ›
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Ten Tips for Spotting Fake Science News on Evolution

Not any journalist who commits one or more of the following is guilty of spreading fake news, but these are things to watch for. Read More ›
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Tom Bethell’s Rebuke to Fellow Journalists: A Skeptical Look at Evolution Is Not Beyond Your Powers

Darwin's edifice rests on a 19th century faith in Progress, propped up by a dogmatic commitment to materialism. Read More ›
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Theory of Evolution? Call It a “Narrative” Instead

The whole business about "fake news" misses a point that's relevant to considering questions of biological origins. Read More ›
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Let’s Tell the Truth about Science Funding

Among all the reasons to doubt the authority of a scientific consensus on all matters, this would be one. Read More ›

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