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Venetoraptor
Image: Venetoraptor gassenae, modified from Müller et al. 2023 fig. 1, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Venetoraptor Is Not the Archaeopteryx of Pterosaurs

Forget all the pop science ballyhoo, and if you should not trust my word, just check the provided primary sources. Read More ›
Glyptodon
Photo: Gylptodon, by Wolfman SF via Wikimedia, GFDL and CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fossil Friday: The Giant Armadillo Glyptodon and the Abrupt Origin of Xenarthrans

Should we dare to consider the possibility that something is wrong with the Darwinist assumptions? Heaven forbid! Read More ›
Central Park
Photo: Central Park, by Anthony Quintano from Hillsborough, NJ, United States, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: Mathematician Gregory Chaitin on Gödel, Incompleteness … and Children

Chaitin discusses his beginnings in computer science, growing up in the 1960s a stone’s throw from Central Park, historic scientists in his field, and more. Read More ›
moonlight
Photo credit: Ganapathy Kumar via Unsplash.

Now, It’s the “Rights of the Moon”

It is easy to mock this movement and to not take it seriously. That’s how it will win. Read More ›
elephant
Photo credit: Geran de Klerk via Unsplash.

Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use. Read More ›
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In Argentina, Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Refusing to Terminate Pregnancy

I can write those words. I understand their meaning. But I can’t comprehend such an utter rejection of human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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In Germany, Constitutional Rights for…Pigs

The issue is known as “animal standing,” and activists want to let beasts sue in court to “break the species barrier.” Read More ›
Lake Erie

Lake Erie Now Has Rights

If nature has rights, that means everything does, which devalues “rights” just as a wild inflation deflates the worth of currency. Read More ›
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Another Push for Plant “Rights”

There is increasing wind in the sails of everything-deserves-rights advocacy. Read More ›

Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights”

Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal. Read More ›

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