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Photo: Brian Miller in a scene from Science Uprising.

The Proles, the Party, and a Science Uprising

Our tech rulers are quite the egalitarians. Sure, they believe that cheap entertainments for all have an important role. Read More ›
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Big Tech Wants to Control the Future; Here’s What We Can Do About That

According to the Party slogan, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Read More ›
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Photo: Bronzitite, by Kevin Walsh, via Flickr.

Humble Beauty: Design in Rock Thin Sections, and More

Just imagine — in something as humble as a rock. Could, in fact, anything be humbler, more readily scorned until you look a little closer? Read More ›
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How Engineers Helped Save Biology from Evolutionary Theory

Design motifs such as four-bar linkages and control systems must meet exacting requirements whether implemented in a space shuttle or a fish. Read More ›
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Photo: Galápagos finch, by Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Non-Mendelian Inheritance Undermines Neo-Darwinism

Neo-Darwinians breathed a sigh of relief when in the 1930s they found a way to incorporate Mendel’s laws of heredity. Now, that relief is unraveling. Read More ›
Zinc
Photo: Zinc, by Alchemist-hp (talk) (www.pse-mendelejew.de), FAL, via Wikimedia Commons.

Do Proteins Lack Metals, Reflecting Poor Design?

According to Erika DeBenedictis, “one of the big limitations of biology are the basic building blocks themselves.” Read More ›
Erika DeBenedictis
Photo: Erika DeBenedictis, via YouTube (screenshot).

Exploring a TEDx Talk that Argues Biology Is “Imperfect” with “Gigantic Mistakes”

Proponents of intelligent design would agree that biology is imperfect and biomedicine should be encouraged to cure diseases and fix problems. Read More ›
Erika DeBenedictis
Photo: Erika DeBenedictis, via YouTube (screenshot).

Erika DeBenedictis and the Cost of Playing God

I won’t recap the splendid work Emily Reeves has already done here in dissecting the TEDx talk from a scientific angle. Read More ›

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