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A Note on the “Compensation” Argument

This debate is not really too complicated for the layman to understand, though it seems to be too simple for many scientists. Read More ›
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Using the Logic of Surprise to Infer Cosmic Design

On a hike, you stumble upon a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods. When you walk in, you notice a steaming cup of tea sitting on the table. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 2, “Judge Jones Is a Brilliant, Neutral Legal Scholar”

A full 90.9 percent of a key section was copied, either verbatim or nearly verbatim, from a brief submitted by the plaintiffs’ attorney. Read More ›
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China Leads the World in Retracted Science Papers

Seven of the Top Ten retraction hotspots are in China but India, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia also make an appearance. Read More ›
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Hey, Please Ask Dawkins About His “Junk DNA” Goof

Our friend Brian Keating, a cosmologist at UC San Diego, does wonderful interviews. A particularly fun recent one was with Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
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DNA Repair and the Origin of Life: Here’s the Problem

Perhaps out there, watching along with you, is another Professor Dan Stern Cardinale who is imagining how easy it’s going to be to take this one apart. Read More ›
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New Book Offers a Fresh Test for Human Origins: Explain Your Own Body

Whatever other challenges it may introduce in our lives, money has this virtue: it doesn’t lie. Read More ›
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Polar Bear Seminar: On Retracting — and Not Retracting — Errors 

It was Nathan Lents himself who wrote, “I’ve made mistakes, some I caught, others someone else caught. I always correct it the best I can. That’s what honest people do.” Read More ›
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Robot World Domination? Darwinism as Reductio ad Absurdum

"If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that improves and replicates itself. This will be a new form of life which outperforms humans," warns Stephen Hawking. Read More ›
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Spot the Problems in This Story

On an alien planet, as astronaut discovers cars that conceive, gestate, and give birth to smaller cars. Read More ›

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