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Samuel Wilberforce
Image: Samuel Wilberforce, by George Richmond, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

What Really Happened at the Huxley-Wilberforce Debate?

The stereotype portraying Wilberforce as the pompous bishop rejecting Darwin on theological grounds is easily dispelled. Read More ›
atmosphere
Photo credit: NASA.

A New Look at Three Deep Questions

Delving into the implications of materialistic determinism, and even quantum uncertainty, Coody provides a fresh look at the subject. Read More ›
Charles Darwin correspondence
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Darwin’s Bluff — Continued

Recently, I turned up some later letters showing that Darwin’s bluff extended well beyond 1863.  Read More ›
Martin_Johnson_Heade,_Orchids_and_Hummingbirds,_signed_M.J._Heade,_l.l._Oil_on_canvas,_1875-90
Image credit: Martin Johnson Heade, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin and the Mystery of the Missing Evidence

Charles Darwin continually promised his “big book” full of missing evidence to many of his correspondents but failed to deliver it. Read More ›
young Darwin statue
young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Darwin’s Bluff: Peeling Back the Myth

Tucked away in Darwin’s surviving papers is a manuscript of almost 300,000 words that he continually promised to others but never completed or published. 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 ›
Titus Kennedy
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Dallas Conference: Archaeology and the Life of Jesus 

My presentation will explore archaeological discoveries illuminating a major event in the life of Jesus — his trial in Jerusalem. Read More ›
William Erasmus Darwin
Photo: William Erasmus Darwin as a child with his father, Charles, by Cambridge University Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design in the Grand Human Story

Two famous individuals who share the birthdate of February 12, 1809, are Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Read More ›
astronomical clock
Photo: The third-oldest astronomical clock in the world, installed in 1410, in Prague, via Wikimedia Commons.

When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Photo: “Beetles collected in the Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace” (cropped), ©Natural History Museum, London, via Flickr.

Alfred Russel Wallace: Today’s Special Anniversary

"We may regretfully add Wallace to the Party’s list of obfuscating revisions. The good news is that the truth is still available for those who want to know." Read More ›

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