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You’ll Never Guess What Just Collapsed

Neil Thomas, a professor and member of the British Rationalist Association, was a committed Darwinist and agnostic. Read More ›
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Is There Discontinuity in Biology — And How Would We Know?

For my part, I think it’s better to approach the data without assumptions and to let the evidence speak for itself. Read More ›
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Image credit: Brian Gage.

Darwin’s Tree Morphs into a Network, with Implications for Intelligent Design

If lateral gene transfer is rampant throughout life, the universal tree of life becomes a matter of philosophical preference, not empirical demonstration. Read More ›
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Photo: Tribrachidium, by Captmondo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument. Read More ›
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An illustration from "The Country of the Blind," by Claude Allin Shepperson / Public domain.

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution in the Country of the Blind

Fans of H. G. Wells are probably familiar with his 1904 short story, “The Country of the Blind.” Read More ›
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Echoing the Bible, Cosmos Concludes with a Materialist Origins Myth and Future Heavenly Bliss

Tyson ends his summary of cosmic history with a soaring narrative focused on earth. It sounds like the exalted prose of the book of Genesis. Read More ›
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A Forest, Not a Tree? Nelson Asks Why Universal Common Descent Needn’t “Pay” for Failures

Maybe life is not a tree but, as biologists are finding to be increasingly likely, a forest or an orchard. But then what are the consequences for strict naturalism? Read More ›
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Try This Tree of Life Instead of Darwin’s

Take a look at a plant that takes nothing but gives everything. Why should it deliver so much good to so many? Read More ›
Unity and Diversity of Life

Evolution Miseducation at the University of Utah

If you want your sons and daughters to be well educated about evolution, then hope their biology teachers don’t rely on materials from the Genetic Science Learning Center. Read More ›
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Examining Critiques of Theistic Evolution, a Year After the Volume’s Publication

Attacks by Christian theistic evolutionists have often followed the same patterns as those of their secular colleagues. Read More ›

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