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Tiled Beauty: Functional Aesthetics in Biology

Tessellated patterns are surprisingly prevalent in biology. Are these forms necessary for function, or mere consequences of natural laws?  Read More ›
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Only Bioethicists Can Save the Planet!

Apparently, anyone with any claim to victimization or marginalization can be a bioethicist now. Read More ›
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Why Evolution’s Selection/Mutation Mechanism Fails

Do random mutational processes have the power to generate new base or amino acid sequences for natural selection to act upon within the time available? Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Avalon Explosion and the Power of Maybe

While evolutionary biology has no explanation even according to the authors themselves, intelligent design theory does. Read More ›
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Beware of the “Right to Health”

Health and wellness are becoming the primary justifications for international technocracy, or “rule by experts.” Read More ›
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Woke Watch: The Ideological Transformation of Medical Journals

Now, the political alarm is over "planetary health," which covers a lot of, er, ground. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Ichthyosaurs

With increasing knowledge of the fossil record, the mainstream narrative is rendered more and more untenable and inconsistent with the empirical evidence. Read More ›
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Photo: Fertile Earth juxtaposed with barren Mars, via NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Plate Tectonics: Why Life Is Served on Plates

The ground under your feet is literally moving. The continents are drifting apart near an average rate of one inch per year. Read More ›

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