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Designed to Dance? Here’s What Science Says

Dancing is not a mere add-on feature that came a couple of mutations after mankind figured out how to shamble. Read More ›
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Egnor: The Architecture of Reality

In a new podcast discussion with Robert J. Marks, Michael Egnor talks about the relationship between faith and arguments from philosophical reasoning. Read More ›
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Disease-Associated “Junk” DNA Is Evidence of Function

When you mess with the “junk,” the result is problems. That doesn’t sound like junk DNA to me. Read More ›
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Artificial General Intelligence: The Poverty of the Stimulus

It doesn’t even matter if the child is blind, deaf, or both. Barring developmental disorders (such as some forms of autism), the child can learn language. Read More ›
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Euthanasia for Autism, Intellectual Disabilities in the Netherlands

“Helping people with autism and intellectual disabilities to die is essentially eugenics.” Read More ›
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Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”

Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.” Read More ›
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Scientists Are Undermining Our Trust in Science

Falsification of scientific research has been a chronic problem for the sector in recent years. Read More ›
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Yikes, Lab-Grown Brains Are Getting Closer

The excitement is the prospect of better understanding and treatment of dementia, autism, and motor neuron disease (ALS). Read More ›
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Topoisomerase Origins Defy Darwinian Explanations

A review of the topoisomerase family of molecular machines that repair DNA ignores where they came from. Another article tries but has no answers. Read More ›
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Ann Bauer: Science Tyranny, Science Uprising

Do yourself a favor and read a heartbreaking and beautifully written essay, "I Have Been Through This Before." Read More ›

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