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Darwin Devotion Detector: Take the Test Now

A tongue-in-cheek questionnaire that nonetheless provides real insight into the extent to which Darwinian ideas have captured our thinking. Read More ›
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Bioethicist Asks, “Does Birth Matter?” Answers, “No”

In our current episode of let’s-allow-baby-killing, an Australian bioethicist named Walter Veit comes to the defense of infanticide. Read More ›
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Photo: Richard Owen (left); beside him is the skeleton of a giant moa, by John van Voorst [Public domain].

Richard Owen and Charles Darwin on Race: A Study in Contrasts

Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination. Read More ›
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Listen: Biochemist Michael Behe Puts Coronavirus in a Helpful Scientific Perspective

Are we 8 percent virus (when we’re not 98 percent chimpanzee)? Dr. Behe explains that it’s not quite that clear. Read More ›
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Judge Wishes She Could Rule Elephant a “Person”

This kind of thinking drives me nuts. First, we don’t treat animals as mere things or as being akin to inanimate objects. Read More ›
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Photo: Richard Owen (left); beside him is the skeleton of a giant moa, by John van Voorst [Public domain].

Richard Owen and Charles Darwin on Race: A Study in Contrasts

Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination. Read More ›
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Andreas Wagner: Genetic Regulation Drives Evolutionary Change

In a seemingly infinite hall of mirrors, monumental assertions are casually made and immediately followed by citations that simply do the same thing. Read More ›
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Computer Software Sheds Light on Human and Chimp DNA Similarity

Recently I had the opportunity to hear Discovery Institute’s Stephen Meyer provide an update on the progress and current state of the theory of intelligent design. Read More ›
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David Barash’s Shocking Suggestion

Continuity with our species does not provide any protection at all. This is because the evolutionary process cannot confer any value on humans — or any other species. Read More ›

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