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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

Scott Turner: New Video Series on His Model for Evolution

Darwin’s ideas have become a flashpoint in the culture, so any discussion of the science can easily become highly polarized and politicized. Read More ›
kindergarten
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Darwin in Kindergarten: Brought to You by the National Science Foundation

The NSF awarded almost $1.5 million for “Evolving Minds in Early Elementary School: Foundations for a Learning Sequence on Natural Selection Using Stories.” Read More ›
laboratory
Photo credit: Dariusz Bartosik, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Experiments on “Self-Replicating” RNA Indicate the Need for Intelligent Agency in Life’s Origin

Any evolving system of RNAs would quickly include almost exclusively RNAs that performed no biologically useful actions. Read More ›
RNA
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New Article Purports to Help Explain the Origin of the Genetic Code

Without all of the described investigator interventions, a system of replicating RNAs could never emerge or even sustain itself. Read More ›
hydrothermal vents
Photo: Hydrothermal vents, by NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Charles Marshall: Origin of Life Could Have Happened “Millions of Times”

Charles Marshall at U.C. Berkeley represents establishment opinion in current evolutionary theory, and for good reason. Read More ›
Cambrian animal phyla
Image: Cambrian animal phyla, by CNX OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Cambrian Explosion Has Just Gone Nuclear

Here are two very interesting updates to my recent articles on alleged Ediacaran animals and the Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›
Newton by Blake
Image: Isaac Newton, by William Blake [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Medved and Stephen Meyer Review 500 Years of Science History

They trace the rise, fall, and rise again of a paradigm Meyer refers to as “the God hypothesis.” Read More ›
Meyer Robinson
Photo: Peter Robinson and Stephen Meyer, via Uncommon Knowledge (screen shot).

Meyer, Robinson: Yes, Reason and Materialism CAN Be Separated

The great question behind Steve Meyer's new book is whether world-views can be objectively tested. Read More ›
Brian Keating
Photo: Brian Keating, by Brucelieberman, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Brian Keating: Getting Nervous About “Follow the Science”

These are EXCELLENT. I would say the themes of all three have to do with the importance of not worshipping scientists or imagining that science is infallible. Read More ›
college student
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Intelligent Design May Speak to Young People’s Spiritual Interests

The rapidly changing religious demographics of American society constitutes an undoubtedly complex sociological issue that will resist easy explanation. Read More ›

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