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New Science Uprising Episode: Evolution, Mutations, and “Fooling the Laymen”

The idea that random genetic mutations lead to wondrous, creative innovations is so influential that it forms the premise of a movie franchise, X-Men, that has grossed $6 billion. Read More ›
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New Science Uprising Episode: Evolution, Mutations, and “Fooling the Laymen”

The idea that random genetic mutations lead to wondrous, creative innovations is so influential that it forms the premise of a movie franchise, X-Men, that has grossed $6 billion. Read More ›
Washington Post

Washington Post Boosts Elderly “Rational Suicide”

The story ends with the phone number of a suicide prevention hotline. That’s just a sop after potentially putting lethal ideas into readers’ heads. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Piron Guillaume via Unsplash.

Medical Conscience for Me, but Not for Thee

The more elective the desired intervention, the greater should be the right of medical conscience. Read More ›
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Razib Khan
Photo: Unite the Right rally, 2017, by Evan Nesterak [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Razib Khan: A Geneticist and the Alt-Right

He canoodled with white supremacists, and now advises conservatives not to engage with Darwin skeptics. Read More ›
Earth
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Photo credit: NASA/Joshua Stevens.

The Earth: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!

Even James Lovelock, who created Gaia Theory, now worries that environmentalism has become a religion. Read More ›
David Brooks
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Photo: David Brooks, by Miller Center Forum, via Flickr.

David Brooks Forgets to Oppose Some Suicides

Like so many others in the contemporary cultural milieu, Brooks remains in the shallow water by failing to grapple with the ubiquitous promotion of suicide we see all around us. Read More ›
Jerry Coyne
Jerry Coyne
Photo: Jerry Coyne on The Dave Rubin Show, via YouTube (screenshot).

Bullet Points for Jerry Coyne

Alas, Coyne’s review of Darwin Devolves has too little intellectual content to sustain any real engagement. Read More ›
Behe Richmond
Lents
Photo: Michael Behe teaching at the recent Intelligent Design Education Day in Richmond, VA, by Richard Elliott.

Listen: Behe, McDiarmid Continue a Discussion of the Lents Review

Mike and Andrew have a good time considering the range of ways in which the preemptive, prepublication review fell short. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NARAL, via Flickr (cropped).

Fetal Pain – Another Case Where the “Science Denial” Insult Has Been Misapplied

It’s a blatant untruth that “fetuses cannot feel pain,” as neuroscientist Michael Egnor explains. Read More ›

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