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Taking Leave of Darwin
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Neil Thomas: Not at All THAT Sort of Person

He is not at all THAT sort of person, the kind one might expect to find waging a campaign against modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›
Washington University
Photo: Basement of Cupples Hall, Washington University, by John West.

Biologist: It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism

Organizers of the St. Louis World’s Fair believed human zoos would “shed light on the theory evolved by Darwin as regards the evolution of the human race.” Read More ›
Taking Leave of Darwin
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In a New Book, Longtime Agnostic Dumps Darwin

Critics of intelligent design will have a hard time maligning Neil Thomas as a “creationist in a cheap tuxedo.” Read More ›
Matt Ridley
Photo: Matt Ridley, by Ian Smith from Ilkley, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

From Matt Ridley, Smart Remarks on Scientocracy — and a Howling Irony

No one in the intelligent design research community could have said this with greater punch. Read More ›
Josef Mengele
Photo: Dr. Josef Mengele (center) at Auschwitz, by Bernhard Walther or Ernst Hofmann or Karl-Friedrich Höcker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Following the Science, Doctors Joined the Nazis “In Droves”

There is a tendency to sanctify the medical profession, with the white coat serving as an icon of wisdom, compassion, and morality. Read More ›
Bacillus subtilis
Image: Bacillus subtilis, identified by Bapteste and his co-authors as a possible age-distorter, by WMrapids, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Eric Bapteste on External Genetic Change In “Age-Distorters”

Species are surrounded by other species (often sharing the same body), and therefore may interfere with one another’s fitness. Read More ›
Bechly and Swamidass
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Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Read More ›
New York Magazine
Photo: HQ of New York Magazine, by David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Critical Race Theory and Intelligent Design: The Mixed-Up Comparison of Sarah Jones

Sarah Jones essentially argues that worries about critical race theory have been ginned up by conservative provocateurs. Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue
Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism

Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next? Read More ›
frog
Photo credit: Stephanie LeBlanc, via Unsplash.

Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Future of Biology

Previously, Dr. Wells showed that embryo development requires information carried by membrane patterns in embryonic cells. Read More ›

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