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Socrates in the City: James Tour on Nanotech

Tour explains some of the inventions coming out of his Rice University lab, including molecular cars and astonishing graphene technologies. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

Darwin’s Category Errors and Their Consequences

Charles Darwin indiscriminately lumped together the organic and inorganic spheres — a grand category error. Read More ›
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Four Reasons the Multiverse Fails as Science

The multiverse theory has been embraced as a defense against what Stephen Meyer calls the God Hypothesis. Read More ›
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End of the Road for Radical Individual “Re-Creationism”? Not So Fast

Transableism is a relatively new term for what is known as BIID, for “body integrity identity disorder.” Read More ›
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New Engineering Ideas from Biology

The 2023 Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, organized by the CSC's Engineering Research Group, is set for June 1-3 in Denton, Texas. Read More ›
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Photo: Small Magellanic Cloud, by NASA, ESA and A. Nota (STScI/ESA).

Intelligent Design’s Founding Father

Emily Nordhagen Sandico describes the origins of Thaxton’s book, which had such an influence on Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, Phillip Johnson, and others. Read More ›
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New Study: The Milky Way Is Exceptional

“You might have to travel a half a billion light years from the Milky Way, past many, many galaxies, to find another cosmological wall with a galaxy like ours.” Read More ›
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Photo: Starling murmuration, courtesy of Illustra Media.

Mama Bear Apologetics Takes on Richard Dawkins

Dawkins invokes the beautiful order evident in the murmuration of bird flocks as evidence that complexity can evolve from simple algorithmic rules. Read More ›
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Photo: Monument to Giordano Bruno, Rome, by Francesca Soria [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Keas Debunks Science-Faith Warfare Myth

“Scientists do love a good story,” says Keas. “Turns out there are plenty of stories we shouldn’t believe.” Read More ›
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Dear Transhumanists: Do You Really Want to Live Forever?

A life of meaning is what we truly need, and perhaps what we most deeply desire. Read More ›

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