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To Reject Intelligent Design, Here’s What You Have to Believe

The prevailing view in science today is that physics explains all of chemistry, and chemistry explains all of biology. Read More ›
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Forrest Mims on Winning the Rolex Award (And How You Can Too!)

By the early 1990s, Mims had built a reputation as one of America’s foremost citizen scientists. Read More ›
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To Weed the Garden, or Not to Weed the Garden, That Is the Question

An award-winning environmental journalist tackles the question of plant consciousness and plant rights. Read More ›
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Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist

His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented. Read More ›
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Is Assembling Life Like Assembling LEGOs?

Unfortunately, Sara Walker provides no clue as to what process does all the “constraining,” “funneling,” and “scaffolding.” Read More ›
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The Science of a Sunset: Unlocking the Secrets of Our Atmosphere

Many of us have enjoyed a colorful twilight or a stunning sunset. But how often do we think about the science behind these memorable conditions? Read More ›
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Will Evolution’s New Synthesis Be Hard or Soft Magic? 

Let's try holding some new scientific theories to the standards of the fantasy genre. Read More ›
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An Object Lesson in How Not to Do Science

The story the public is told is contrary to evidence but scientists have to keep telling it because otherwise the wrong people might benefit. Read More ›
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Can Darwinian Evolution Be Rescued from Dogma?

Casey Luskin begins a conversation with two distinguished PhD scientists who are asking tough questions of neo-Darwinism. Read More ›
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What Turned an Esteemed Doctor into a Scheming Authoritarian?

Fauci damaged his own reputation by trashing sound scientists, denouncing inconvenient evidence, and even going so far as to say “I represent science.” Read More ›

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