Tag: Scientific American

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured2, atheism, Charles Darwin, creativity, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, free will, genes, Johns Hopkins, Modern Synthesis, Nathan Comfort, Nature (journal), On the Origin of the Species, organisms, Philip Ball, replicator, Richard Dawkins, Scientific American, selfishness, The Genetic Book of the Dead, The God Delusion, The Selfish Gene, vehicle}

For Dawkins, a Second Sour Publishing Anniversary

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Nathaniel Comfort stops just short of saying that Dawkins’s ideas should be pensioned off, along with himself. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 26, 2026

Categories
Political Science
Science Reporting
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, decolonization, Emmet Fraizer, evidence, Jerry Coyne, LabX Media Group, legends, materialism, Michael Shermer, psychology, Scientific American, scientists, Smithsonian Magazine, Springer Nature, Steven Pinker, The Nation, truth, Why Evolution Is True, wokeness}

“Decolonize” Science? Wokeness Scrambles Scientific Journals and Writers

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 26, 2026

Political Science, Science Reporting, Scientific Reasoning

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Yes, “decolonization” does mean accepting legends in place of evidence, in order to show respect for the legends’ tellers and believers. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 25, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archaeology, Darwinian evolution, Emma Pomeroy, fossil record, H. G. Wells, hominins, Homo neanderthalensis, human mind, humans, intelligence, M. Gemma Chacón, National Geographic, Neanderthals, Neanderthals Among Us, Nicholas St. Fleur, paleontology, Peter Sahlins, savages, scapula, Scientific American, shoulder blade, Theodore Roosevelt, University of Cambridge, Venus of Hohle Fels, wooden tools}

Teddy Roosevelt Erred on Those “Thick-Skulled Savages,” the Neanderthals

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 25, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Just recently, paleontologists have found Neanderthal wooden tools (62-40 kya) preserved in stone. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 2, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, communication, elevator pitch, epistemologists, Fred Dretske, information, Inquiry (book), intelligent design, John Archibald Wheeler, John Horgan, Logic and the Flow of Information, MIT, My Personal History with Information (series), naturalists, physical causality, possibilities, Robert Stalnaker, Scientific American, semantic content, Shannon information, Stanford University, teleology}

An Elevator Pitch About What Information Is

_{William A. Dembski
October 2, 2026

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The conception of information as ruling out possibilities allows for teleological as well as non-teleological processes to generate information. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 29, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Genetics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, A Universe from Nothing, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, Casey Luskin, chance, Dan Graur, design, ENCODE project, Jerry Coyne, junk DNA, junk RNA, Lawrence Krauss, Leonard Mlodinow, lizard brain, Michael Shermer, models, physicists, researchers, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Scoles, Science and Culture Today, Scientific American, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, survival, The God Delusion, The Grand Design, The Telegraph, universe, University of Houston}

In Science, Endless Competing Models Are a Warning Sign

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 29, 2026

Cosmology, Genetics, Origin of Life

5}

Some of us are old enough to remember when the origin of life was a question that science would answer — soon. But that was hundreds of promising theories ago. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 24, 2026

Categories
Origin of Life
Science Reporting
Tagged
, bases, Canada, David Catling, gatekeepers, intelligent agency, Last Chance Lake, Leslie Orgel, life, Maikel Rheinstädter, McMaster University, metabolism, nucleotides, organic compounds, origin of life, origin-of-life researchers, phosphate, phosphate problem, planetary scientists, primitive earth, reporters, ribose, RNA, RNA world, Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, scientific consensus, self-replicating RNA, Stanley Miller, storytelling, The Origins of Life on the Earth, University of Washington, voodoo science, wishful thinking}

On Origin of Life, Scientific American Starts Sober, Quickly Relapses into Speculation

_{Brian Miller
September 24, 2026

Origin of Life, Science Reporting

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A proposal by University of Washington planetary scientist David Catling addresses what origin-of-life researchers call the phosphate problem. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, back, biology, bipedal spine, butterfly stroke, chemistry, constraints, dancing, data storage, diseases, DNA, engineering, ESA, evolution, flexing, foot, genetic faults, gymnastics, human body, imperfect design, imperfection, intelligent design, joints, jumping, lifting heavy loads, Lucy Hyde, NASA, pain, Panasonic, physics, pregnancy, primates, Psalms, quadrupedal spine, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Scientific American, spine, swimming, synovial fluid lubrication systems, technology, theology, twisting, Ultimate Engineering, walking}

A Level Above: The Superiority of the Design Approach

_{Terrell Clemmons
August 3, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

5}

"According to evolution, biology should be a level below human technology because evolution is constrained." Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 27, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abby Hafer, academic rigor, bad design, Bristol University, David Coppedge, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionists, glial cells, Human Errors, human eye, image sharpness, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Leipzig University, light, Lucy Hyde, Nathan Lents, neuroscience, popular literature, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), retina, Science and Culture Today, Scientific American, Stuart Burgess, The Conversation, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer, Ultimate Engineering, wiring, zombies}

“Design Strength on Multiple Levels”: More Ultimate Wiring with Stuart Burgess

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 27, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The eye is one of the most striking embarrassing examples of claimed bad design by evolutionists. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 23, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archeology, brain development, burial sites, cave walls, childhood development, cognitive functioning, culture, DNA, evolution, fossils, Friedrich Alexander University, genes, genetics, genome, human mind, human origins, Indiana University Bloomington, intelligence, Kyoto University, language, modern humans, Neanderthals, Nurnberg, researchers, Scientific American, Tom Schoenemann}

Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 23, 2026

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

2}

We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 29, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Political Science
Tagged
, Andrea Gawrylewski, Armageddon, arXiv, autoethnography, Carole LaBonne, Colin Wright, COVID-19, Democrats, Gallup, government, Grant Witness, grants, H. Winet, hallucinations, Harvard University, Keir Starmer, NIH, Northwestern University, references, Republicans, Research, researchers, Science Alert, Scientific American, Scott Delaney, Today in Science, Vannevar Bush, Vitomir Kovanovic}

Is Government’s Relationship with Science “Crumbling”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 29, 2026

Medicine, Political Science

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The people who do not trust science today would probably like to be able to. And the people who do trust it may simply be unaware of the problems. Read More ›