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Photo: Pteridinium simplex, an Ediacaran creature from Namibia, by Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

Simon Conway Morris described the Ediacaran ecology as a “sleepy” world of simple, passive creatures bearing no resemblance to what was to come. Read More ›
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COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›
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Postcard from Warsaw: Debating Teleology in Science

An English version of the debate, with Professor Sady's words translated into English, is now available on YouTube. Read More ›
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Dawkins and Picard Win This Year’s Trotter Prize

A reflection on the 2025 Trotter Prize Lecture delivered by Oxford's Richard Dawkins and MIT's Rosalind Picard. Read More ›
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Photo: Schizosaccharomyces octosporus, by Jon Houseman, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Documentation for Dr. Dan

We hope Rutgers biologist Dan Stern Cardinale finds these citations of interest. Read More ›
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Photo: Dan Stern Cardinale, via YouTube (screenshot).

Dr. Dan Has a Taste for Debate

From what I’ve been told, there are many examples of “non-conserved” regions having sequence-independent functions. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin Reflects on His Recent Junk DNA Debate

For decades we were told that non-coding regions of our DNA are littered with evolutionary junk. Read More ›
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Did Dr. Dan Make Us Change Our Position on Junk DNA?

This claim is totally false and it perhaps reflects Dr. Dan’s wish to find a positive spin on the substance of what happened during the debate. Read More ›
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Reflections on Casey Luskin’s Debate with “Dr. Dan”

I commend Dr. Dan for being an amicable dialogue partner and for his good faith attempt to engage substantively with the relevant scientific issues. Read More ›
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From the “Junk DNA” Files: Can “Degraded” LINE Elements Still Be Functional?

On May 2, Casey Luskin had an online debate with Professor Daniel Stern Cardinale, an evolutionary biologist at Rutgers University. Read More ›

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