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On Being Human — A Reflection

Evolutionary biologist David Barash is a man on a mission. He wants to make sure that we all know we are only human, and that means we are only animal. Read More ›
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Last Weekend to Register for Dallas Conference on Science and Faith

Here’s an ominous polling result: Students on college campuses in the U.S. increasingly agree that the origin of the universe was a chance event. Read More ›
Grand Prismatic Spring
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Photo: Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, by Brocken Inaglory [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL].

Genetics and Epigenetics — New Problems for Darwinism

Scientists watched microbes inherit extreme acid resistance in Yellowstone hot springs not through genetics, but through epigenetics. Read More ›
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In Europe, Animal Rights Are Steamrolling Religious Freedom

As Western society secularizes, religious liberty is in danger of becoming passé. Read More ›
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Photo: Monument to Giordano Bruno, Rome, by Francesca Soria [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Science and Storytelling

To advance the false conception that science is always in conflict with religious tradition, some influential scientists and science popularizers tell us stories about the past and the present. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Bramante Staircase in the Vatican Museums by Reuben Teo on Unsplash.

BIO-Complexity Article Offers an Objective Method for Weighing Darwinian Explanations

Skeptics of evolutionary theory have argued that proposed Darwinian processes don’t rise to the level of plausible detailed explanations for the emergence of complex life. Read More ›
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Photo: Stephen Hawking in 2008, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is It Impious to Laugh at Stephen Hawking’s Thoughts on Religion?

Rabbi Moshe Averick concludes, “If he did physics that way his university would have fired him.” Read More ›
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Michael Keas and Unbelievable: Scientists and the Myths They Cherish

The myth merchants play on our egos, the wish to appear smart and enlightened. Against this emotional manipulation, Keas detonates six myths about our world and the universe. Read More ›
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Photo: A gecko displays its superbly designed toes, by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Biology Approaching the Threshold of Design Acceptance?

A recent biology paper inches up to the edge of design advocacy, without using the phrase “intelligent design.” Read More ›
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Photo: Mike Keas, by Robert Crowther. 

In Unbelievable, Mike Keas Highlights Myths and Realities of Anti-Science Persecution

The point of Dr. Keas’s book is historical but also very timely: Scientists who challenge materialism today face discrimination as heretics that squelches their research and teaching. Read More ›

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