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Date
February 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Metascience
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, California, chatbots, China, Elisabeth Bik, errors, Ethiopia, India, investigation, large language models, misconduct, mistakes, Nature (journal), Pakistan, physicians, Research, researchers, Retraction Crisis, Saudi Arabia, universities}

China Leads the World in Retracted Science Papers

_{Science & Culture
February 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Metascience

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Seven of the Top Ten retraction hotspots are in China but India, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia also make an appearance. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 13, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropod, brain injuries, Emily Reeves, evolutionary fitness landscape, Hubble Space Telescope, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, mantis shrimp, Nature (journal), Northwestern University, Science (journal), structural color}

Sophisticated Energy Shield Found in a Shrimp

_{David Coppedge
February 13, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A sophisticated energy-absorbing structure has been discovered in the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club that protects the animal from its own shock waves. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 30, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Big Bang, Catholic clergy, Christianity for Doubters, creation, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Evolution News, Georges Lemaȋtre, improvements, intelligent beings, intelligent design, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Melissa Wehmann Sewell, mistakes, natural causes, Nature (journal), planning, Supreme Being, testing, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, theology, universe}

Georges Lemaȋtre’s Hidden God

_{Granville Sewell
January 30, 2025

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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Was Lemaȋtre, who certainly believed in God, suggesting that God deliberately hides himself from us, or just acknowledging the paradox? Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, Design Inference, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary computing, fitness, intelligent design, mount improbable, Nature (journal), Peter Robinson, Richard Dawkins, shell game, simulation, Tesla, The Blind Watchmaker, Thomas Ray, Thomas Schneider, William Shakespeare}

The Displacement Fallacy: Evolution’s Shell Game

_{William A. Dembski
January 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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In a shell game, an operator places a small object, like a pea, under one of three cups and then rapidly shuffles the cups to confuse observers. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 29, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, biological novelty, Charles Darwin, diversification, Early Cretaceous, evolution, flowering plants, Fossil Friday (series), genomes, intelligent design, jumps, Late Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, nature, Nature (journal), paleontology, Philip Donoghue, Spain}

No. 4 Story of 2024: Darwin’s Abominable Mystery Corroborated Again

_{Günter Bechly
December 29, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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This notorious discontinuity in the fossil record did not get any smaller with 160 years of research since Darwin, but instead became more and more acute. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 24, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, "Out of Africa", Africans, bioRxiv, Current Biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, introgression, Nature (journal), Nature Genetics, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel laureates, non-Africans, paleontology, PNAS, population size, Science (journal), scientific community, Svante Pääbo, University of Cambridge}

No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

_{Günter Bechly
December 24, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 24, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, brain cells, cats, chimpanzees, genes, human brain, humans, ideas, mice, Nature (journal), neurons, proteins, RNA, University of California San Francisco}

What’s the Big Deal About the Human Brain?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 24, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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None of the features identified by neuroscientists explain why humans think about things that other animal life forms don't. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 22, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, birds, brain, Brazil, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), morphology, Nature (journal), Reuters}

Fossil Friday: New Fossil Stem Bird Is Surprisingly Modern

_{Günter Bechly
November 22, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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Why do we mostly hear only one side of the story in the media? I suppose we must be protected from dangerous questions that could come up. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Kamala Harris, murder, Nature (journal), rape, universities}

With Yet More Politics and Ideology, Top Science Journal Labors to Sink Its Own Reputation

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2024

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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Now, in the mushiest softball Q&A one can imagine, they are boosting an anti-Israel protester. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, American Astronomical Society, Darwinism, defining id, defining science, defining terms, definist fallacy, Enlightenment, evolution, fear mongering, gravity, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), Isaac Newton, materialism, Myth of the Dark Ages, naturalism, Nature (journal), peer review, pseudoscience, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

_{Jonathan Wells
September 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.” Read More ›