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Can AI Help Us Assess Neo-Darwinism?

Casey Luskin unpacks three recent scientific papers warning that neo-Darwinism must be updated if it has any hope of surviving as a theory. Read More ›
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West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›
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Eric Anderson: Probability and Intelligent Design

Anderson taps an area of his expertise, the ongoing efforts to create self-reproducing machines, and he applies it to the mystery of life’s origin. Read More ›
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A Plea to Parents: Don’t “Butt Out” of Your Kids’ Education

In many districts evolutionary theory is taught as unquestionable dogma, with none of the theory’s weaknesses presented. Read More ›
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Critical Race Theory and Intelligent Design: The Mixed-Up Comparison of Sarah Jones

Sarah Jones essentially argues that worries about critical race theory have been ginned up by conservative provocateurs. Read More ›
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Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism

Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next? Read More ›
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Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism

Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next? Read More ›
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Censors Claim Teachers “Advocate Evolution” More Now Than in 2007 — Don’t Believe It

How likely are biology teachers with doubts about Darwinism to participate in a survey by an organization instrumental in attacking Darwin-doubting teachers? Read More ›
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NCSE Underreports Teachers Who Support Intelligent Design

The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a non-profit group that has one primary mission: to censor minority scientific viewpoints on hot-button issues like evolution. Read More ›
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Paul Nelson: “Take What Darwin Got Right and Build That into Your Theory of Design”

Something I’ve said for a long time is that the theory of intelligent design is a theory of evolution. Read More ›

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