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When Schools of Fish Lose Their Memories

Because we don’t tend to think of fish as being very smart, we don’t think they could have memories that matter. Read More ›
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On Tobacco, Technocracy Has a Clever New Idea

Is tobacco just the first villain to be punished by a growing technocracy that seeks to limit freedom based on an ever-expanding definition of “health”? Read More ›
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The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life

In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others. Read More ›
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Taphonomy Study Shortens Fuse for the Cambrian Explosion

The “molecular clock” must be wrong, a study concludes. Cambrian animal ancestors are not there in the fossil record as hoped. Read More ›
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England’s National Health Service Bans Most Puberty-Blocking

The science is not settled. The time is long past for the woke media and medical associations to recognize this fact. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Ichthyosaurs

With increasing knowledge of the fossil record, the mainstream narrative is rendered more and more untenable and inconsistent with the empirical evidence. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Darwinius, or How Wishful Thinking Makes a Missing Link

The media campaign lead to headlines that were not content with calling the fossil a missing link but simply “THE link” or “the eighth wonder of the world.” Read More ›
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Darwinian Influences on the Alt-Right

The overlapping categories of neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and alt-right proponents regularly invoke Darwinism. Read More ›
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Photo: A water lily from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil, copyright by G. Bechly.

Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”: Mesozoic Cupules Come to the Rescue?

Darwin's "abominable mystery" is not only very much alive and kicking, but it also suggests intelligent design. Read More ›

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