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Scientists Behaving Badly: Suppressing Intelligent Design Was Only the Start

The best that each of us can do to fight back is to continue educating as many people as possible. Read More ›
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Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset: Lessons from Julia Galef

The soldier mindset, also known as motivated reasoning, leads us to defend the stronghold of our belief commitments against intellectual threats, come what may. Read More ›
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Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 7469, by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans.

Mimesis and Identifying the Intelligent Designer

We are social creatures, meant to be together. That means social pressure is real and can be intense. Read More ›
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Photo: March for Science, 2017, Brisbane, by interestedbystandr, via Flickr.

As Trust in Science Sinks, Prestigious Journal Decides to Showcase Yet Another Politicized Scientist

The world’s most prestigious science journal just published an ex-astronomer's remarkable screed. Read More ›
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Harvard Prof Will Explain Science to Baffled Small City America

Professor Oreskes writes articles with titles like “The Reason Some Republicans Mistrust Science: Their Leaders Tell Them To.” Read More ›
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Geoengineering on an Intelligently Designed Planet — Let’s Be Careful with That

Scientists are still discovering how many systems, controls, and other aspects of planetary fine-tuning are in place to ensure that we have abundant life. Read More ›
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Photo: Trinity detonation, by United States Department of Energy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended. Read More ›
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Photo: Great Salt Lake, by Brigitte Werner (werner22brigitte), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Let’s Declare the Great Salt Lake a Person?

If a squirrel or mushroom and all other earthly entities somehow possess rights, the vibrancy of rights withers. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Lars Plougmann from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Meet the Ghostly Organisms that Rescue the Planet

A man was paddleboarding last month when he came across a mysterious creature three miles off the shoreline of California. Read More ›
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Bioethicist: Having Children Is Bad

Talk about shades of China family-planning theory. We must destroy much of what makes life worth living in order save the planet! Read More ›

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