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Plant Evolution: All Gaps and Miracles

A major study looks for evolution, but finds huge disparities, stasis, gaps, periodic explosions, and miracles of emergence held together with imagination. Read More ›
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Fossils

The abruptness seen in the Cambrian explosion can also be seen on smaller scales throughout the fossil record. Read More ›
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Evolution Is Not Like Physics

A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.” Read More ›
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Fossils

The abruptness seen in the Cambrian explosion can also be seen on smaller scales throughout the fossil record. Read More ›
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An Unintended Endorsement of Marcos Eberlin’s New Book, Foresight

Some reviews that try to make a book look bad are so ill-informed and malicious that they actually make a good book look better. Read More ›
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Less Pseudo, More Science, Please

Cardiff University philosopher Orestis Palermos was at the center of a stir last week for a claim he made in an online lecture. Read More ›
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Punctuated Equilibria Is Back, but Still Magical

Calling it by a new name doesn’t change the essence of a theory relying on chance. Read More ›

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