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Photo: Peppered moth, by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolution’s Stubborn Icons: Peppered Moths and Miller-Urey Still Shambling Along

By now, you might think that the icons of evolution that Dr. Jonathan Wells wrote about 24 years ago have been put out of our misery. Read More ›
Pan_troglodytes
Photo credit: Gerd W. Schmölter, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Human Evolution by the Numbers: Chatbot Weighs In

The Darwinian story of human evolution from an ape-like creature is probably the most powerful modern secular myth. Read More ›
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Chimp and Human Genomes: An Evolution Myth Unravels

Casey Luskin rebuts the oft-repeated claim that the human and chimp genomes are 98-99 percent similar as surely resulted from Darwinian common descent. Read More ›
Dante
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John Lennox: Dante, Glaucus, and Transhumanism

Meanwhile, the will to become gods — transhumanism in a nutshell — still beckons with its ancient glamour. Read More ›
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Jay Richards: Myths, Metaphysics, and Artificial Intelligence

It isn’t a superior grasp of the technology involved that drives some to warn that AI will achieve superiority over human beings. Read More ›
Greyfriars Bobby
Photo: Greyfriars Bobby, by IrenicRhonda, via Flickr (cropped).

Can Myths About Dogs Tell Us About Their Origins?

A French historian studies the relationship between ancient stories told about dogs and information from genetics and archaeology. Read More ›
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2022 YouTube Film Festival: Three Big Myths about Christianity and Science

From May 22-31, the Center for Science & Culture is running a film festival. Today we feature a video hosted by historian of science Michael Keas. Read More ›
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Fox News Article Shows Why Evolutionary Solutions to Adam and Eve Fail to Satisfy

Is William Lane Craig’s book good news for Christians? I’m not so sure, and here’s one reason why. Read More ›
The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
Image: "The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776," by John Trumbull, via GPA Photo Archive/Flickr (cropped).

Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights

Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Read More ›
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Jordan Peterson Springs the Trap of Scientism

There’s a gaping God-shaped hole in both Krauss and Peterson’s particular ways of spinning all this. Read More ›

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