Tag: Nature (journal)

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __featured1, bipedalism, Chad, chimpanzees, common ancestor, Haaretz, hominins, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Human Evolution, knuckle-walking, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Leipzig, Marine Cazenave, Martin Pickford, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Michael Brunet, Milford H. Wolpoff, Nature (journal), New Scientist, New York University, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Rhianna Drummond-Clarke, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, Scientific American, Scott Williams, Toumaï, trees, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Washington Post}

New Paper Fails to Settle Debate Over Bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis

_{Casey Luskin
January 12, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Many have called this fossil a human ancestor that lived at about 7 million years ago, around the time of our supposed most recent common ancestor with chimps. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 1, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __trending, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), burying the lede, chimpanzees, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, DNA, gap difference, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Kevin Williamson, Museum of Natural History, National Review, Nature (journal), science journalism, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Supplementary Data, zombies}

Happy New Year! No. 1 Story for 2025: Bombshell Overturns Myth of 1 Percent Difference

_{Casey Luskin
January 1, 2026

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

7}

This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›

Alfred Nobel Prize. Two medals standing on red fabric.

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 24, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autoimmune diseases, blood-clotting cascade, Daniel Davis, Daniel Lawler, Foxp3, Fred Ramsdell, Helen Thomson, Immune System, immunologists, Imperial College London, Institute for Systems Biology, Irreducible Complexity, Japan, Julien Dury, Mary Brunkow, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, regulatory T cells, San Francisco, Seattle, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Tregs, University of Osaka, Your Amazing Body}

No. 9 Story for 2025: Biological Foresight Wins Nobel Prize

_{David Coppedge
December 24, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for 2025 was awarded to three immunologists who discovered regulatory T cells. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Anna Krylov, bias, DEI, editors, ideology, integrity, Joe Biden, journals, Kamala Harris, litmus tests, medicine, Nature (journal), Nature Portfolio, Nature Reviews Psychology, objectivity, Patrick T. Brown, propaganda, reform, skepticism, standards, The Free Press, universalism}

With Political Litmus Tests, Science Journals Go Anti-Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 18, 2025

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

5}

If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead, perhaps these journals can regain the high regard in which they were once held. I certainly hope so. Read More ›

science laboratory test tubes , lab equipment for research new medical

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 2, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Anna Krylov, atheism, brains, cancel culture, censorship, diversity, Heterodox STEM, humans, inclusion, mammals, materialism, Nature (journal), Popular Science, private truth, reproductive organs, Richard Dawkins, sex binary, Steven Pinker}

When Science Degenerates into a Spoils System

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2025

Chemistry, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Freedom

5}

Chemistry professor Anna Krylov forces us to look at that in discouraging detail. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 23, 2025

Categories
Biology
Paleontology
Tagged
, arthropods, Aulacopleura koninckii, bees, Brigitte Schoenemann, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian fossils, Cambrian Period, crustaceans, Darwin’s Doubt, dragonflies, fossil record, human vision, light, Nature (journal), ocean floors, paleontology, panoramic view, preservation, trilobites, vision}

Ancient Eyes, Modern Design: The Remarkable Vision of Trilobites

_{Emily Reeves
October 23, 2025

Biology, Paleontology

3}

Does this discovery suggest that the principles of compound vision emerged nearly half a billion years ago as the authors concluded? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 9, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autoimmune diseases, blood-clotting cascade, Daniel Davis, Daniel Lawler, Foxp3, Fred Ramsdell, Helen Thomson, Immune System, immunologists, Imperial College London, Institute for Systems Biology, Irreducible Complexity, Japan, Julien Dury, Mary Brunkow, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, regulatory T cells, San Francisco, Seattle, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Tregs, University of Osaka, Your Amazing Body}

Biological Foresight Wins Nobel Prize

_{David Coppedge
October 9, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine

7}

Who is more worthy of honor: the designer of a highly sophisticated functional system, or investigators who figured out how it works? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beards, birds, brassiere, cows, Deborah Kellerman, DNA switch, EMBO Reports, evolution, Evolving Minds Project, fingernails, fish, flies, health, horned lizard, Ig Nobel Prizes, Igs, Improbable Research, jaws, jellyfish, just-so stories, Lasker Prize, leopard, lizards, mammals, Nature (journal), pangolin, paw pads, protocells, pufferfish, Regina Nuzzo, seahorse, storytelling, super-alcohol, supernova, Titan, turtle, Vladimir Leksa, vole}

What’s More Deserving of Ig Nobel Prizes than Evolutionary Just-So Stories?

_{David Coppedge
September 25, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

The committee passed up some research that would have raised eyebrows and given the crowd some hearty laughs. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 18, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Àlex Gómez-Marín, American Psychologist, Chronicle of Higher Education, consciousness, Etzel Cardeña, Harold Puthoff, hostility, human mind, Mario Beauregard, materialism, Michael Egnor, Nature (journal), neuroscience, Overton window, physics, Proceedings of the IEEE, remote viewing, Roger Penrose, Russell Targ, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sam Harris, telepathy, The End of Faith, The Immortal Mind, The Spiritual Brain, theories}

In Science, the Cost of Defending Materialism Is Rising

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 18, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

6}

Neuroscientist Àlex Gómez-Marín raises — in the very venue that hosts, say, Roger Penrose and Sabine Hossenfelder — the validity of telepathy research. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 3, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, assent, cancel culture, citation justice, citations, Diana Kwon, dissent, equity, geography, identity groups, language, languages, library sources, Matilda effect, minorities, Nature (journal), private truth, Research, scholars, transparency}

Oh, Brother: Now It’s Bringing “Equity” to Scientific Citations

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 3, 2025

Ethics, Scientific Reasoning

6}

Some want “papers to include the proportions of citations in terms of the gender and race or ethnicity of the referenced authors.” Read More ›