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A New Film, Alleged, Tells the Real Story of the Scopes Trial

Alleged stays true to the complicated story rather than, in the manner of Inherit the Wind, turning it into a Darwinian propagandist morality cartoon. Read More ›
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The Case of the Mysterious Hoatzin: Biogeography Fails Neo-Darwinism Again

What's the evidence that primates, rodents, and lizards crossed oceans on rafts? Read More ›

Why the “Onion Test” Fails as an Argument for “Junk DNA”

The so-called onion test, or indeed the "C-value enigma," is predicated on unsupportable assumptions about the physiological effects of -- and/or requirements for -- larger genomes, many of which are contradicted by the scientific evidence. Read More ›

A Mathematician Explains the Irreducible Complexity of Metamorphosis

In my 2000 Mathematical Intelligencer article "A Mathematician's View of Evolution," I compared the development of the genetic code of life with the development of a computer program, such as my finite element code PDE2D. Read More ›

We Get Poor-Mouthed by the National Center for Science Education

To "poor-mouth" means using claims of poverty to try to manipulate other people. Read More ›

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