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Celebrate Darwin Day, and Darwin’s Broken Theory!

Evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein summed up this way: “[In my opinion,] the mainstream Darwinists are telling a kind of lie about how much we know." Read More ›
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Wild Baboons Fail the Mirror Self-Awareness Test

In a video, it seems clear that not one of the animals recognizes that the figure in the mirror is a reflection of itself. Read More ›
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From Nature, a Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Read More ›
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Possible Cave “Proto-Writing” Challenges Slow Evolution of Human Consciousness

London-based wood carving conservator Ben Bacon has, with academic colleagues, shaken up Ice Age paleontology. Read More ›
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Joana Xavier, Skepticism About Design, and a Fable About a Gray Parrot with an iPad

Xavier, of University College London, is a young origin-of-life researcher who has steadily pursued questions of central importance.  Read More ›
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Game Over? Nick Lane Wants Another Inning

Michael Behe described how he attended a conference to hear Nobel laureate John Walker, the world’s expert on ATP synthase, explain how it might have evolved.  Read More ›
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A Mystery: Prebiotic Synthesis of Simple Organic Monomers

In 2010, University College London biochemist Nick Lane stated the primordial soup theory “doesn’t hold water” and is “past its expiration date.” Read More ›
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Scientists Reveal Bacterial T4SS “Biogenesis Machinery”

With cryo-electron microscopy, scientists have zoomed in on a molecular machine that is very different from the Type III Secretion System. Read More ›
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“Ecocide” — Drive to Make Environmental Damage Legal Equivalent of Genocide Accelerates

If either or both of these radical proposals become law, human thriving and economic prosperity will be brought to a screeching halt. Read More ›
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If Human Eugenics Wouldn’t Work, Human Evolution Has a Big Problem

Richard Dawkins got his wings clipped over the weekend, following a claim on Twitter. Read More ›

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