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DNA and Beyond: A Multilayered Revolution

Because we are dealing with foundational scientific discoveries, we will address several “So what?” questions. Read More ›
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What Is Consciousness For? Sixteen Theories Take a Crack at the Question

It sounds like we do not really know what we are looking for, which will doubtless complicate efforts to find it. Read More ›
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Michael Levin: “Evolution by Natural Induction” (By What?)

Levin and his colleagues are unintimidated by those bullies who labor to forestall a crackup on the orthodox evolutionary team. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin: Theistic Evolution and the Limits of Neo-Darwinism

Casey Luskin addresses the inadequacy of natural selection and random mutation to generate biological complexity. Read More ›
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Science Struggles with Reality as Crises Rock Disciplines

There seems to be little relationship between many science writers’ current concerns and the reasons that public trust in science has been steadily declining. Read More ›
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“Doesn’t the Fossil Record Prove Darwinian Theory?”

You’ve heard that challenge a million times. But as paleontologist Günter Bechly explains, the opposite is true. Read More ›
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Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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Is This a Paradigm Shift? 

Something is changing. Here are more thoughts on the “tipping point” in dissent from neo-Darwinism. Read More ›
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Oxford Physiologist Denis Noble: Dissent from Neo-Darwinism Has Passed a “Tipping Point”

We were wondering when the (often very dramatic) claims made recently in arcane academic texts would begin making more of a splash in the popular media. Read More ›
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Stifling Opposition Is the Real “Anti-Science”

In the Great Barrington Declaration, three noted epidemiologists questioned the wisdom of societal shutdowns and keeping children out of school. Read More ›

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