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Why Dogmatic Materialism Is Bad for Science

Richard Lewontin addressed a controversy in evolution: Can life forms acquire characteristics during their lifespan that they pass on to their offspring? Read More ›
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More on Disguised Religion

Not in science or in any other context does one faith get to impose its terms on others. Read More ›
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Heart Attack Doctor: Science Shows Death Is Not the End

Sam Parnia began by wondering how brain cells can give rise to thoughts. He came to see that the message “from science” was not what he had been led to expect. Read More ›
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Can AI Help Us Assess Neo-Darwinism?

Casey Luskin unpacks three recent scientific papers warning that neo-Darwinism must be updated if it has any hope of surviving as a theory. Read More ›
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The Engineered Adaptability of the Humble Guppy

When a scientist switches from an evolutionary lens to an engineering one, it may be the mother of all eureka moments. Read More ›
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For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Read More ›
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The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes

RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics. Read More ›
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Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
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New Article in Science Boosts Plausibility of a Primordial Pair

These new developments underscore the fact that there is no room for dogmatism about claims concerning the smallest population size of humans. Read More ›
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How Suppressed Scientists Fought Back Against COVID Censorship

The respondents didn’t allow the silencing tactics to deter them for long. Instead, they chose to mobilize, spread the word, and resist. Read More ›
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Luskin: Adam and Eve and the Evolving Scientific Consensus

Scientists have become much more reticent about saying the first couple must be no more than a product of the ancient Hebrew imagination. Read More ›

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