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Carl Linnaeus
Image: Carl Linnaeus, by Alexander Roslin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Revising the Linnaean System: Where to Locate Viruses? And the Problem with Mitochondria

The venue for a remarkable call for government censorship of science was a peer-reviewed biology journal. Read More ›
eye
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Evolution’s Circular Web of Self-Referencing Literature

The formula goes like this: 1. Evolution is true. 2. Here’s how it must have happened. 3. Look, yet more proof of evolution. Read More ›
Dembski
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William Dembski Offers an Updated Edition of an Intelligent Design Classic

Dembski says he stands by that work and his early contributions to intelligent design theory, but adds that he has learned a lot more in the intervening years. Read More ›
hummingbird
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A Closer Look at Hummingbird Tongue Design

Did evolutionary theory contribute anything to this study? The authors speculate briefly about “co-evolution” of flowers and their pollinators. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
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For Labor Day: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Read More ›
Marx and Engels
Image: Marx and Engels, by E. Capiro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Linking Darwin Skepticism with Anti-Communism, Historian Offers a Misguided Attack

Weinberg's evidence that Discovery Institute uses intelligent design to bash communism is completely lacking. Read More ›
forest for the trees
Nathan Lents
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Troubles with the Tree of Life

Sixty years ago, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn listed what he described as the “symptoms” of a research field undergoing destabilizing change. Read More ›
Luskin Shapiro
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Luskin, Shapiro: Has Intelligent Design Waned?

Shapiro suggests that ID often amounts to a presenter highlighting an amazing feature in biology and then giving glory to God. Read More ›
bacteriophage
Photo: Scene from the Behe-Swamidass debate on intelligent design and evolution, a slide by Dr. Behe (bacteriophage); by Forrest Mims.

Bacteriophage Is the New Poster Child for Darwin’s Doom

Through no fault of Darwin’s, neither he nor anyone else in his day had a clue about the nature of cellular life and biological information. Read More ›
Hitler's religion
Hitler's religion
Photo: Hitler in 1941, via Wikicommons.

Darwinism in Nazi Propaganda

The authors considered human evolution especially important, because they believed it supported their vision of racial inequality. Read More ›

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