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biology classroom
teachers
Photo: A high school biology classroom, by Dannel Malloy, via Flickr (cropped).

Give Parents a Say in Education? Imagine That!

As with cancel culture, ID proponents and Darwin skeptics were well aware of this issue for years, long before it came to the forefront in the present moment. Read More ›
Cats search for tuna
Image source: Long Story Short.

New Episode of Long Story Short — Is the Origin of Biopolymers a Snap?

Or is it trickier than the scientists imagine, more akin to “hiding your tuna fish sandwich in a room full of cats”? Read More ›
Cat's Eye Nebula
Photo: Cat's Eye Nebula, by NASA, ESA, HEIC, and Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

Darwinian Biologist Resists Learning to Live with Panpsychism

Jerry Coyne is having a hard time understanding why anyone would even consider taking panpsychism seriously. Read More ›
Plasmodium falciparum
Photo: Plasmodium falciparum, by Lukas.S at English Wikipedia(Original text: Lukas 05:24, 5 October 2006 (UTC)), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Two Recent Papers Buttress Michael Behe’s Thesis in Darwin Devolves

Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard. Read More ›
Water calendar
Image source: Zazzle.

It’s Black Friday: Get Your New ID-Themed Calendar!

New this year is Wondrous Water, a calendar featuring gorgeous water photography. Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Look: On Thanksgiving, Be Grateful for the Intelligent Design of Your Eyes

They were quite the sudden, unanticipated gift in the history of life. Read More ›
1984
Photo credit: Markus Spiske, via Unsplash.

On Thanksgiving, Support the Scientific Defense of Common Sense

“The heresy of heresies was common sense,” Orwell writes. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Read More ›
Thanksgiving
Image: The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth, by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Thanksgiving and the Frailty of Scientific Atheism 

Our bioethicist colleague Wesley Smith had a very interesting and wide-ranging conversation with Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
humans
Photo source: Evolution News staff.

Human Evolution as a “Path to Whiteness”

The simplified and misleading science, which is supposed to be so up-to-date as to merit showcasing on the National Mall, retains the element of traditional Darwinian racism. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
Photo source: Discovery Institute.

Meyer, Hedin, Dembski, Luskin Shine in World Magazine Book of the Year Awards

Dr. Meyer isn’t merely tearing down a competing, nihilistic picture of reality, but instead revealing the positive, meaningful one toward which science increasingly directs our attention. Read More ›

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