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Denyse O’Leary

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Paper by Biologist Antony Jose Seeks to Understand Heritability Beyond DNA

Fierce debates have occurred among intelligent design theorists — mostly behind the scenes — about the causal role of DNA. Read More ›
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Information as Matter’s “Fifth State” — A Physicist’s Contortion

Dark matter is the unknown substance thought to make up some 27 percent of the universe. It can’t be observed but only theorized. Read More ›
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A Layman’s Tribute to Phillip Johnson

I had heard many public movement leaders say they wanted regular folks like me to engage, but they never really provided an opportunity. Read More ›
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COSM Conference: A Bonfire for Tech Vanities

Peter Thiel assailed the “Atheist Church,” as he calls the universities, calling for outsiders to push for a reformation that the academic priesthood will never undertake on its own. Read More ›
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In Two Weeks, “Mathematical Challenges” to Darwin Gets Half a Million Views

Professor Gelernter, who survived a terror attack by the Unabomber that cost him a hand and an eye, warns that Darwinists will “destroy you” for criticizing their theory. Read More ›
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Moreland, Witt: Not “All Body,” but Not “All Spirit” Either

The materialist idea that you are “all body” — nothing but matter — is hardly more dangerous than the opposite idea, that you are “all spirit.” Read More ›
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Photo at top: A scene from Science Uprising, Episode 3, “DNA Is Code: Who Coded It?.”

Seeking a Way Around RNA World, New Study Only Increases Perplexity of Abiogenesis

The origin of biological information is a mystery not so much highlighted by a comparison with software as downplayed by it. Read More ›
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Photo: A scene from Science Uprising Episode 1 — Reality: Real vs. Material.

Health-Tracking Apps Unmask a Materialist Myth

“To a materialist our subjective thoughts are not real. But our thoughts and beliefs have real consequences.” Read More ›
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When Marcos Eberlin Was Chased Out of Portugal

Three separate posters for the conference on ID had to be prepared, as it was chased from university to university. Read More ›
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Photo: Jerry Coyne, by AtheistAllianceAmerica [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Congratulations! Coyne Promotes Egnor to “Archenemy”

Archenemy sounds a little…obsessive. Read More ›

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