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Supposed Fusion Site Contains Expressed Genes, Likely Influences Neural Development

Human chromosomal fusion has often been cited as strong evidence supporting human-ape common ancestry. It’s not. Read More ›
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Photo: A lionfish, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Evolution in Real Time” (Yeah, Right)

Yet another article announces a sociological study has found public attention towards the lionfish “is aiding in monitoring its evolution nearly in real time.” Read More ›
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Some Unintended Consequences of Atheist (and Theist) Discourse

This “law of unintended consequences” is an intriguing aspect of the whole Darwin/Dawkins affair that deserves further investigation. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Controversial Gradualism in Tyrannosaurids

History will tell who is right in this scientific controversy, but personally I am more convinced by the evidence against anagenesis. Read More ›
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A New Look at Natural Selection

If you are a pine tree, you need to have antifreeze in your needles if you are rooted beyond certain latitudes or elevations. Read More ›
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“Crazy Stuff”? Dave Farina on the Waiting Time Problem

The formulation “crazy stuff” of course implicitly suggests that this is a pseudo-problem invented by evil and stupid creationists. Read More ›
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Photo: Sockeye salmon, by Milton Love, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Closer Look at the Science of Purpose

You cannot see what you are not looking for. You cannot find Br'er Rabbit until you look into the briar patch. Read More ›
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Speciation

Swedish scientist Arne Müntzing used two plant species to make a hybrid that underwent chromosome doubling to produce hempnettle, a member of the mint family. Read More ›
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Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

What Are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?

No sane person believes that nothing changes over time, or that the cosmos, technology, and culture have no history. Read More ›
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Darwin’s John the Baptist

Catastrophism viewed the planet as having been molded by forces far more powerful than any observable at the present day. Read More ›

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