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Bad Design, or Ultimate Engineering? Two Views of Biology

An intelligent designer can employ foresight to envision a solution well beyond anything in existence at the time, and then set about making that a reality. Read More ›
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Oxford Conference on Evolution: Heresies and New Ideas Every Day

Michael Lynch, Jerry Coyne, and Richard Dawkins would have split themselves in two, like Rumpelstiltskin in a wild rage, if they had attended. Read More ›
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Teeth, Jawbones, and Vertebrae Fuel Overblown Media Claims of a “Missing Link”

So we’re talking about fossils that are very humanlike, if not essentially completely human. Read More ›
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“Competition and Politics” Complicate Debate Over Sahelanthropus tchadensis

It seemed like lots of people wanted to forget about the femur, because years went by and nothing was published about the bone. Read More ›
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Michael Levin: “Evolution by Natural Induction” (By What?)

Levin and his colleagues are unintimidated by those bullies who labor to forestall a crackup on the orthodox evolutionary team. Read More ›
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Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Read More ›
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On Atheism’s Watch, Rationality in Science Went Out the Window

All of this decay when atheists were considered to be the primary spokespeople for science. And they have yielded the floor to irrational forces. Read More ›
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In Science, the Rising Power of Private Truth

Many people experience a vast liberation when they are freed from the constraints of logic, reason, and evidence. Read More ›
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Great Science Cancellation Continues: Here’s the Latest Victim

In the domination of science by ideology, by the myth of “settled science,” the stakes couldn’t be more profound.  Read More ›
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Jerry Coyne and His Readers Attack Academic Freedom, and Call for More Intolerance 

It became clear that Coyne’s whole point was to gin up harassment of the journal so they won’t publish critiques of evolution in the future. Read More ›

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