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Amazon fires from space
ecocide
Photo: Amazon fires from space, by NASA Earth Observatory, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

With Amazon Fires as a Pretext, “Ecocide” Advocacy Goes Mainstream

Radical environmentalists intend to thwart human thriving in order to “save the planet.” Read More ›
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Behe
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Polar Bear Seminar: New Evidence That Michael Behe Is Right

Many studies show that degradative mutations in APOB cause decreased cholesterol. Read More ›
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polar bears
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Remind Me Again Why We Picked Polar Bears?

The core difficulty for some scientists who read Michael Behe’s book is also the key idea at its heart. Read More ›
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ecocide
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“Ecocide” Would Criminalize Resource Development

Note that “peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants” is a very broad term that is not limited to human beings. Rather, it includes everything from grass, fish, and insects, to mice, snakes, and people. Read More ›
Richard Lenski
Darwin Devolves
Photo: Richard Lenski, by Zachary Blount [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Thanks, Professor Lenski, the LTEE Is Doing Great!

Lenski agrees that the beneficial mutations seen in his Long Term Evolution Experiment are overwhelmingly degradative or loss-of-function ones. Read More ›
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Darwinism
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Where Design Explains, Darwinism Explains Away

Immediately you know these structures were designed. How should you know that? How did the scientists know that? Read More ›
polar bear
Richard Lenski
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Lessons from Polar Bear Studies

Computer methods of analyzing mutations are widely used because they are generally accurate. They do not suddenly lose their accuracy when I cite them. Read More ›
polar bear warning sign
Coyne
Photo: A Norwegian road sign by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Coyne and Polar Bears: Why You Should Never Rely on Incompetent Reviewers

A very common way to try to discredit an argument is to exaggerate it, ignore distinctions an author makes, and/or change carefully qualified claims into bizarre absolutes. Read More ›
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theistic evolution
Photo: A sponge (Spongilla lacustris), by Kirt L. Onthank [CC BY-SA 3.0].

Of Statues and Sponges — Progress in My Conversation with a Theistic Evolutionist

Only by sheer coincidence would blind factors produce such remarkable things, and coincidence is never that lucky. Read More ›
Unity and Diversity of Life
University of Utah
Image: A scene from “The Unity and Diversity of Life” via University of Utah (screen shot).

Evolution Miseducation at the University of Utah

If you want your sons and daughters to be well educated about evolution, then hope their biology teachers don’t rely on materials from the Genetic Science Learning Center. Read More ›

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