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Pterosaur
Photo: Ludodactylus sibbicki, by G. Bechly 2008.

No. 4 Story for 2025: Farewell to Günter Bechly

I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Read More ›
Pterosaur
Photo: Ludodactylus sibbicki, by G. Bechly 2008.

Farewell to Günter Bechly

I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Read More ›
Jet-Propulsion-Laboratory
Photo credit: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, via Flickr.

Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions. Read More ›
chimera
Photo: Neuropteran larva from Burmese amber, Haug et al. 2019 fig. 1, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle

Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits. Read More ›
ichthyosaur
Photo: Replica of birthing ichthyosaur fossil, Stephen O'Connor via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fossil Friday: Ichthyosaur Birth, Another Evolutionist Just-So Story Falls Apart

This is not how good science is supposed to work but is rather typical for pseudoscience that shields itself against empirical falsification. Read More ›
pocket watch
Photo: Pocket watch, an image Wikipedia links with intelligent design because it’s meant to suggest an association with William Paley and the antiquated “watchmaker analogy”; by Hannes Grobe (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

On ID, Myth Persists that Wikipedia Is Reliable, though Co-Founder Has Called It “Appallingly Biased”

I was reminded of this by an exchange today on Twitter, or X, or however somebody “rebrands” it tomorrow. Read More ›
Hemiphlebiidae
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Fossil Damselflies Challenges Darwinism

In the hard sciences such explanations that can explain everything and rule out no possible observations are usually considered empirically empty and worthless. Read More ›
piltdownfly
Photo: Mexican amber forgery of a wasp in artificial resin, coll. SMNS, Bechly 2015.

Fossil Friday: Fake Amber and the Piltdown Fly

Such simple forgeries are commonly sold to tourists in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Eastern Europe, and Eastern Asia. Read More ›
Jet-Propulsion-Laboratory
Photo credit: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, via Flickr.

Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions. Read More ›
Cicada
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Unknown Cicada from the Cretaceous

Only the infusion of new information from outside the system can explain these bursts of biological creativity. Read More ›

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