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Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift

Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down? Read More ›
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Image: Advertisment created in 1904 for St. Louis World's Fair, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian 

Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Read More ›
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Human Zoos — International, Still Being Airbrushed

The Belgian human zoo sounds exactly like the St. Louis equivalent just a few years later. Read More ›
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Photo: Basement of Cupples Hall, Washington University, by John West.

Biologist: It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism

Organizers of the St. Louis World’s Fair believed human zoos would “shed light on the theory evolved by Darwin as regards the evolution of the human race.” Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis

Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts. Read More ›
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Photo: A peaceful protest in Minneapolis, by Fibonacci Blue / CC BY.

Human Zoos — How “Science” Fueled the Racial Fire

Where did many white people of the past get the wicked idea that their lives matter more than black lives? Read More ›
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Human Zoos — How “Science” Fueled the Racial Fire

Ota Benga’s protest — “I am a man! I am a man!” — summarizes the very best message of the Black Lives Matter movement. Read More ›
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Who Really Inherited Darwin’s Legacy? You Might Be Surprised to Learn

Design scientists like Michael Behe have, in an important way, been following in Darwin’s path for decades. Read More ›
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Mars Bugs and Intelligent Design — On a Collision Course?

I picture Ohio University officials turning as red as Mars over Professor Romoser’s exotic claims. Read More ›
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Herman Bouma: “It Was Like the Darwinian Gestapo”

Backed up by no fewer than four security guards, three conference officials hustled him out, accusing him of promoting fake science. Read More ›

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