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aurora borealis
Photo: Aurora borealis, by NASA/ Bill Dunford.

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel Again Desperately Attempts to Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

If the model were plausible, the level of fine-tuning would represent even greater evidence of design than it was intended to avoid by removing the beginning. Read More ›
young Darwin statue
young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Darwin’s Many Doubts

Did the admirably candid Charles Darwin himself really believe all that he wrote about evolution? Read More ›
mechanical brain
Image source: aytuguluturk via Pixabay.

Neurosurgeon and Neuropsychologist Agree: The Brain Is Not the Mind

"I had to understand what people were and what the mind was in order to make sense of neuroscience! And I still find that." Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin, in a scene from The War on Humans (screenshot).

Darwin on Trial (Again)

My attempt to disentangle this “case” forensically was to lead me on what was often a surprising journey of discovery. Read More ›
rainbow
Photo credit: Todd Cravens, via Unsplash.

How Rainbows Unlocked the Universe

Rainbows have long been a rich and powerful symbol, from the Scriptural account of the aftermath of the flood to today’s progressive sexual agenda. Read More ›
restaurant bill
Photo: A restaurant bill, by Benreis, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Case Study Inadvertently Shows Why Universal Common Descent Is Untestable

Sooner or later, onlookers will realize that UCD is actually bankrupt. UCD doesn’t pay its bills, because it can’t. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Jannik - JWDShots on Unsplash.

How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin 

I had once assumed that any opposition to Darwin must necessarily be confined to the ranks of such as Biblical fundamentalists. Read More ›
Halobacterium salinarum
Photo credit: Helga Stan-Lotter and Sergiu Fendrihan. Photograph taken by Chris Frethem, University of Minnesota., CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

University of Chicago Biochemist: All Living Cells Are Cognitive

James Shapiro’s recent paper points out, with examples, that bacteria meet the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of “cognitive.” Read More ›
Subboor
Photo source: Subboor Ahmad, via YouTube.

Meet Intelligent Design’s New Muslim Friend

Subboor Ahmad points out correctly the work self-censorship does now, so that overt censorship doesn't have to exert itself so much anymore. Read More ›
Plasmodium vivax
Photo: Plasmodium vivax, by Dr Osaro Erhabor, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

If Malaria Is Evolving, It’s Not Doing It Darwin’s Way

Are scientists in Texas catching malaria in the act of evolving, or is something else going on? Read More ›

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