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Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

If Darwin Came Back Today…

What would the gentleman of Down House think about the science of the 21st century? Read More ›
galaxy cluster SMACS 0723
Photo: Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, by James Webb Space Telescope, via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Does the James Webb Space Telescope Show that the Big Bang Didn’t Happen?

The unexpected new data coming back from the telescope are inspiring panic among astronomers. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Zoe Margolis, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwinian Theory: Science or Speculative Philosophy?

Bottom line: Darwin did not have a single scrap of empirical fieldwork to document his conjectures. Read More ›
Thomas Henry Huxley
Image: Thomas Henry Huxley, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sunday with the Devil’s Acolyte — Thomas Henry Huxley

Although the designation of Huxley as Darwin’s “bulldog” is well known, acolyte is a more appropriate term and here’s why. Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue
Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism

Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next? Read More ›
George Bernard Shaw
Photo: George Bernard Shaw in 1936, via Wikimedia Commons.

Shaw, Scientism, and Darwinism

George Bernard Shaw’s positive criterion by which to measure and ridicule folly and vice was fatally ambiguous, eclectic, and inconstant. Read More ›
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Image credit: Reimund Bertrams via Pixabay.

Doctor’s Diary: The Wonder of Your Body’s Genetic Instructions

Imagine the New York Public Library cutting every manual in half daily, or more often, and sending every month entire halves to a library in London. Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue
Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism

Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next? Read More ›
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Blasphemy Against Darwin in New York State! Atheist Group Intimidates School District

First, it is definitely NOT against either federal law or Supreme Court precedent to teach about scientific criticisms of Darwin’s theory. Read More ›

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