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Humans and Fungi: In Wish, Disney Goes to War on Human Exceptionalism 

Dismantling the discontinuity of humans with nature is the goal of a cheery, innocent-sounding Disney song. Read More ›
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A New Design Inference for a New Generation

Is there an empirical method to determine whether a system is the product of chance or design? Read More ›
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After Death — A Riveting Glimpse of the Hereafter

There sure are a lot more things about reality than are captured by a narrow naturalistic view. Read More ›
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For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended. Read More ›
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A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

The Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science. Read More ›
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Fine-Timing as Evidence of Intelligent Design

Sometimes it’s not just the tuning that indicates design. Sometimes it’s the timing as well. Read More ›
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Photo: Octopus tetricus (Gloomy Octopus), by Sylke Rohrlach (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”

Host Sarah Chaffee and biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper by several quite serious scientists. Read More ›
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Image: Pencil sketch of Peter Boyle as Dr. Frankenstein's monster in Young Frankenstein.

Frankenstein and His Offspring

"Abiogenesis" seems to draw its strength from pseudo-scientific folk-beliefs that life could somehow be made to emerge from non-life. Read More ›

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