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Photo: Larvae of peppered moths, by Noor MAF, Parnell RS, Grant BS, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species. Read More ›
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Photo: A former Tops Friendly Market, by Nicholas Eckhart, via Flickr (cropped).

How Science Fueled the White Supremacist Mass Murderer in Buffalo, NY

Over the weekend, a teenage male shooter perpetrated a horrific mass murder in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Read More ›
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Image source: Unbelievable? via YouTube (screenshot).

Luskin, Shapiro: Has Intelligent Design Waned?

Shapiro suggests that ID often amounts to a presenter highlighting an amazing feature in biology and then giving glory to God. Read More ›
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Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
Photo: Statue of Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury Library, by Bs0u10e01 / CC BY-SA.

Darwinism and Scientific Totalitarianism: John West’s Darwin Day in America

The afterword, on “Totalitarian Science,” published in 2015, shows John West as a prophet of things to come. Read More ›
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Image: The climax of Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the "Twilight of the Gods," by Max Brückner (1836-1919), printed by Otto Henning, restoration by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Are Science Reporters So Credulous?

Most journalists who write about evolution appear to have made their choice to be flacks and toadies for the godlike biologists. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Airman 1st Class Alexis Christian, via Peterson Air Force Base.

COVID-19 Meets Intelligent Design

To summarize, the authors use a terrible design hypothesis, and make ever-escalating claims of certainty from two weak observations. Read More ›
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COVID-19
Image: COVID-19, by CDC, via Unsplash.

Major Scandal: New York Times Reports CDC Withholding Massive Amounts of COVID-19 Data

To get the Washington State data, I’ve had to make repeated inquiries, and ultimately file a formal public documents request. Read More ›
The Sun
Photo: The Sun, by NASA/SDO (AIA) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Solar Activity Reveals a Different Kind of “Privilege”

Like you, I was blissfully unaware that our atmosphere was being bombarded, and only stumbled upon the fact a few days ago. Read More ›
Sisyphus
Image: Sisyphus forever pushing the rock up the hill, by Titian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Intelligent Design a Science Stopper?

Consider a box with an internal divider such that the box is divided into two separate compartments, A and B. Read More ›
New York Times
New York Times
Photo: New York Times HQ, by Adam Jones via Flickr (cropped).

Did the New York Times Just Give a Covert Nod to Meyer’s “God Hypothesis”? 

What’s different is that this time around, the discussion is far more favorable towards Meyer’s position. Here’s what columnist Ross Douthat says Read More ›

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