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Paper Digest: Ten Biomechanical Animal Joints Enable Extreme Performance

The amazing design structures in organisms provide engineers with inspiring templates for creating better products. Read More ›
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For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Read More ›
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Ideological Takeover of Science Continues

Declaring a “climate emergency” would open the door to rule by diktat over environmental policy. You can envision the authoritarian possibilities. Read More ›
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Censors Claim Teachers “Advocate Evolution” More Now Than in 2007 — Don’t Believe It

How likely are biology teachers with doubts about Darwinism to participate in a survey by an organization instrumental in attacking Darwin-doubting teachers? Read More ›
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Science Education and the Growth Mindset

Growth mindset is an idea popularized by Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck. Read More ›
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Indoctrination or Debate? How to Teach Evolution

A course in “Science and Nonsense” is intended to persuade, to herd students toward approved opinions. Read More ›
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Academic Freedom Resolutions — For Darwin Day, Another Valuable Option for Citizen Activists

You may already know about academic freedom bills — such as those passed in Louisiana in 2008 and Tennessee in 2012. Read More ›
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Louisiana Science Education Act Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary

The LSEA demonstrates that we don’t have to teach evolution dogmatically in public schools. Read More ›
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Yale President Calls for Objectivity in Science Education

He might not welcome my saying so, but his emphasis on thinking critically and examining evidence is spot-on. Read More ›
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Calling for Critical Thinking on Science, Darwinist Cites David Berlinski

Equipping people to be “their own science referees” is a large part of the mission of the intelligent design movement. Read More ›

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