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Photo credit: APK, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Nature Rights” Hits the Big Time

The National Geographic Society — one of the world’s largest and most influential science organizations — is going to pour money into the movement. Read More ›
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Pope Francis Embraced Human Exceptionalism

The idea of unique human value and concomitant duties are the core of human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Human Nature of Neanderthals Supported Again

Extended caregiving for a strongly disabled child is a highly non-Darwinian behavior that indeeds suggests compassion on a level only found in humans. Read More ›
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In His New Book, Denton Shows How Science Leads the Charge to Theism

In his new book, Michael Denton is particularly strong on what he terms “the post-Copernican delusion of mankind’s cosmic irrelevance.” Read More ›
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Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about. Read More ›
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Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, in the Cambridge University Library, by LegesRomanorum via Wikimedia Commons.

The Stars Above Us

What Lucretius once termed in the widest sense “the nature of things” is no respecter of modern scientific conventions. Read More ›
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Photo: African pygmy Ota Benga was displayed at the Bronx Zoo in 1906, in support of Darwinian theory, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out

February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin. Read More ›
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Neil deGrasse Tyson and Cosmos Peddle the Myth that Copernicus Demoted Earth

Tyson insists the Copernican demotion story is redemptive because it saves us from religious ignorance. Read More ›
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Photo: Richard Owen (left); beside him is the skeleton of a giant moa, by John van Voorst [Public domain].

Charles Darwin vs. Richard Owen on Race

Unlike Darwin, Owen believed that evolution was guided by teleology or purpose, and he saw humans as different from animals not only in degree but in kind. Read More ›
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Science as a Jealous God — Free Weekend Conference in Seattle for College Students

January 30 is the deadline to apply for this important, enlightening, and fun event, organized by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) and held in Discovery Institute’s offices. Read More ›

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