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Group Founded by Francis Collins Launches PR Campaign for “Science”

If your research at Harvard costs $1 million to conduct, Harvard will get an extra payment of nearly $900,000 to sweeten the deal. Who wouldn’t want free money? Read More ›
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Darwin, Kinsey, and Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

Perhaps the figure most responsible for the breakdown of traditional sexual ethics in Western culture was a Harvard-trained evolutionary zoologist. Read More ›
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Three Genuine Tells of Junk Science

This comes to us hard on the heels of philosopher Massimo Pigliucci’s effort to identify “pseudoscience.” Read More ›
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Photo: Alleged Vindhyan worm burrows, from Seilacher et al. 1998 fig. 2, fair use.

Fossil Friday: The Vindhyan Controversy and Debunking Alleged Ediacaran and Cambrian Fossils

The fancy speculations about the evolution of multicellular life and early animals turned out to be just smoke and mirrors. Read More ›
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“Suspect Science”: Stephen Meyer and James Tour Bring Clarity on the Origin of Life

Helpfully, Meyer stops Tour again and again and asks for clarification of scientific terms and concepts that might not be obvious to all viewers. Read More ›
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Photo: Forged fossil cheetah skull, Wang 2013, fair use.

Fossil Friday: The Supposed Oldest Cheetah Was Yet Another Fraud

Even before the publication, the Chinese scientists Deng Tao and Qiu Zhanxiang had revealed the skull to be a crude forgery. Read More ›
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When Does Human Life Begin?

This argument used by abortion proponents — that an embryo or fetus is a part of the mother’s body until a certain point of gestation — is scientific nonsense. Read More ›
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“Darwin’s Nightmare”: First Episode of YouTube Series with Lukas Ruegger 

Relatively brief videos have emerged as one of the most dynamic and influential forms of education out there. Read More ›
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Why Junk Design Arguments Are Junk Science

Examples of so-called “convergent” evolution are ubiquitous, including the camera eye design shared by the squid and human. Read More ›
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When Does Human Life Begin?

Budding is the means of reproduction of some species of worms but it is most certainly not a means reproduction by human beings. Read More ›

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