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Image credit: Nathan Jacobson.

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments 

Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›
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Image credit: Nathan Jacobson.

Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent Functional DNA

I contacted the corresponding authors of the original study and they kindly offered their interpretation of the differences between the human and chimp genomes. Read More ›
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Bombshell: New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1 Percent of DNA

This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›
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Image: Leonhard Euler, by Emanuel Handmann, via Wikimedia Commons.

Self-Referential Absurdity in a Theory of Consciousness

Leonhard Euler was known to work out complex derivations in his head while blind. Of what possible use was this ability for survival? Read More ›
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Are Plants Conscious? Science Writer Says Yes

Annaka Harris, neuroscience and physics writer, starts by casting doubt on human consciousness. Read More ›
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Human Eye, that “Clunky Design,” to be Used to Confirm, or Disconfirm, Quantum Mechanics

It can detect a single photon. It can test the foundations of our understanding of nature. And it is also a piece of “botched” work by evolution? Read More ›
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Zombie Science — The Horror that Won’t Stay Dead

Are you scrambling for a Halloween costume idea that will set you apart? Simple: Go as Zombie Science. Read More ›

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