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grizzly bear
Photo: A grizzly bear, by Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith, via Flickr (cropped).

No, We Are Not “Beasts”

Maxim Loskutoff recounts the time he and his girlfriend were threatened by a grizzly bear while hiking in Montana. Read More ›
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New Website Aquinas.Design Provides Insight into Nature and the Mind

Father Michael Chaberek helped me (a passionate but amateur Thomist!) understand an issue that perplexed me for years. Read More ›
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Image: Precambrian life, by Ghedoghedo [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

Cambrian-Aged Ediacaran Organism Reconfirms Explosiveness of the Cambrian Explosion

For the first time it has been discovered that an organism from the Precambrian Ediacaran fauna may have survived into the Cambrian period. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Werbetrommlerin, via Pixabay.

Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs

The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death. Read More ›
Banded Iron Formation
Photo credit: Banded iron formations, by Zhiquan Li/University of Alberta, via EurekAlert!

Newly Identified Banded Iron Formation Puts Origins Theories on Horns of a Dilemma

Many claim the Cambrian explosion was triggered by a sudden global increase in oxygen levels. Read More ›
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Image: Ebola virus, by CDC Global [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: Reviewing Infinity War — And What’s That Got to Do with Intelligent Design?

Evolutionary ecologist Eric Pianka has mused about a dramatic culling of the human race, by 90 percent, courtesy of the “efficient” Ebola virus. Read More ›
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Photo: Has this bee demonstrated a capacity for abstract thought? By RMIT University.

Can Bees Understand the Concept of “Zero”?

The scientists credited the bees with more intelligence than some humans. Read More ›
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Photo credit: MIH83, via Pixabay.

New Paper in Evolution Journal: Humans and Animals Are (Mostly) the Same Age?

I am intrigued, but to be honest, I don’t quite know what to make of it just yet, and don’t want to jump to any conclusions. Read More ›
Waptia
Photo: Waptia fieldensis, by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia [GFDL, CC BY 2.5, CC BY 2.5, GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Groundbreaking Paper Shows Thousands of New Genes Needed for the Origin of Animals

This is nothing short of a spectacular vindication of Stephen Meyer’s perspective in Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›
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Photo: New York Court of Appeals, by Tracy Collins [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

New York Judge Supports “Personhood” for Chimpanzees

Why the alarm? Remember, it only takes one judge. Read More ›

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