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Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

Survey Artificially Inflates the Percentage of Americans who “Accept Evolution”

Whether their question was chosen intentionally to inflate the degree of support for “evolution,” I cannot say. Read More ›
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Molecular Machine Safari

Take a tour of molecular machines working in the cell and see what new things scientists have found out about them. Read More ›
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Helpful Devolutionary Mutations Are Rapid and Unavoidable: Paper Reinforces Darwin Devolves

There is simply no way for any unguided, unintelligent account of the unfolding of life to avoid the bane of helpful degradative mutations. Read More ›
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Photo: Bathocyroe fosteri, a ctenophore, by Marsh Youngbluth [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Design in the First Animals

Scientists debate whether ctenophores are the earliest animals to appear in the Cambrian explosion. If so, they arrived with multiple tissues, a nervous system, and a digestive system. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Jack, via Flickr.

Genetics Leaves Central Dogma and Junk DNA in the Rear-View Mirror

Genetics is now a subset of epigenetics, in which multiple dynamic molecules play key roles in homeostasis.  Read More ›
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Jerry Coyne
Photo: Nazi Doctors Trial, sentencing of Karl Brandt, via Wikicommons.

Darwinian Biologist Endorses Killing Handicapped Babies Who “Suffer”

This odious stuff never ends. Read More ›

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