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Should Spider Dreaming Really Give Us “Ethical Pause”?

The discovery of REM sleep in spiders is morphing into vast claims that we have “urgent and inexorable ethical obligations” to them and other life forms. Read More ›
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Photo: Upland geese, by Silvia Richardson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why the Main Argument Against Intelligent Design Is False

As Darwin argued, “we can hardly believe that the webbed feet of the upland goose or of the frigate-bird are of special use to these birds." Read More ›
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Image: Charles Lyell in 1840, by Alexander Craig, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin’s John the Baptist

Catastrophism viewed the planet as having been molded by forces far more powerful than any observable at the present day. Read More ›
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Photo: Orion Nebula, by NASA/JPL-Caltech STScI.

How Materialists Rely on Intelligent Design

They will mock, attack, and ignore intelligent design theory. But evolutionists love using it in their own ways. Read More ›
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Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Photo: Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace, by George Beccaloni / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Who’s the Father of Intelligent Design? Find Out on Friday

One of the greatest naturalists of the 19th century, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) co-discovered evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin. Read More ›
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Herman Bouma: “It Was Like the Darwinian Gestapo”

Backed up by no fewer than four security guards, three conference officials hustled him out, accusing him of promoting fake science. Read More ›

In Terror of Chipmunks: A Response to Joseph Felsenstein

Seldom have I seen a piece of scientifically inspired writing like Felsenstein's that is so far off the mark. Read More ›

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