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Evolution by Blind Guidance Is Really Just Unguided Evolution

As a theistic evolutionist, Hans Vodder thinks God may well have used Darwinian evolution to create the full diversity of life. Read More ›
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Critic of Intelligent Design Acknowledges: “Bad Design” Arguments Don’t Work

It’s good to be able to report progress. Read More ›
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Still More Excuses for Cambrian Non-Evolution

Trilobites look up silently from their Burgess Shale rock slabs, with sad eyes, asking, “Where did I come from?” Read More ›
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Scientist as Shaman — Seeing Through the Sham

Think, for example, of the late Stephen Hawking and how his fevered pronouncements in his final years were received. Read More ›
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More Excuses for Cambrian Non-Evolution

A new statistical study of impacts on the moon concludes that the appearance of an increase was an artifact of biased sampling. Read More ›
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Marvelous Migrations at All Scales

Living things are on the move everywhere. Why do some of them go to great lengths to migrate, while others stay put? Read More ›
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Was Universe Designed for Hairy-Nosed Wombats?

David Barash is an evolutionary biologist known for delivering a yearly talk to his students disabusing them of the idea that science can be reconciled with religious faith. Read More ›
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Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New

Our brains have vastly more ability than is needed for survival, most notably the capacity for language and abstract thought. Read More ›
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Photo: P.T. Barnum, via Harvard Library/Wikimedia Commons.

Empowerment or Exploitation? P.T. Barnum and the “Man Monkey”

Maybe you’ve watched The Greatest Showman — but have you heard of Barnum’s “What Is It?” exhibit? Read More ›

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