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Chicxulub
Image credit: Donald E. Davis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Chinks in the Chicxulub Story

If an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs as believed by the scientific consensus, its effects on evolution seem strained and inconsistent. Read More ›
Canaanite
Canaanite
Photo: Remains of an ancient Canaanite from Sidon, by Dr. Claude Doumet-Serhal, via Science Daily.

#2 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Clueless Reporters and Canaanite DNA

When science headlines tendentiously try to manipulate readers in order to slam the Bible, that’s fair game for us. Read More ›
Sidon
Metaxas
Photo: Old souk, modern Sidon, Lebanon, by MARTYR-92 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.

Eric Metaxas on Canaanite DNA and “Fake News”

When ideologies reign, one of the first victims, invariably, is truth. The narrative is supreme, and it deforms how information is interpreted. Read More ›
Israelites_carrying_grapes_of_Canaan-Exterior_of_the_Duomo-Milan
Photo: Prior to invading Canaan, ancient Israelites sent spies who scouted out the land and brought back a sample of its impressive produce; exterior, Duomo of Milan, by Yair Haklai (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.

Canaanite DNA Episode Reveals Limits of Science and of Science Reporting

For science reporters, misinformation on a hot story was "Too good to check." Read More ›
Canaanite
Canaanite
Photo: Remains of an ancient Canaanite from Sidon, by Dr. Claude Doumet-Serhal, via Science Daily.

For Culturally Illiterate Science Reporters, Canaanite DNA Yields Occasion to Slap Bible Around

The science story itself is fascinating and to all appearances solid. How will they spin it? Read More ›

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