Evolution News December 7, 2021 In many districts evolutionary theory is taught as unquestionable dogma, with none of the theory’s weaknesses presented. David Klinghoffer December 7, 2021 Think of it: a Hindu moderating a conversation between two Christian philosophers about science and faith — fascinating. Eric Cassell December 7, 2021 Spiders are another of nature’s master engineers. About half of known spider species (order Araneae) construct webs made of silk. Evolution News December 6, 2021 New fossils continue to put pressure on the evolutionary narrative of gradualism. Evolution News December 6, 2021 Charles Darwin conceded that such instincts are “so wonderful” that their origin would strike many as “a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.” Denyse O'Leary December 5, 2021 Because minds don’t fossilize, anything we think we know about the minds of putative prehumans is speculation. Evolution News December 4, 2021 Averick describes the work as “superficial,” “convenient,” and marked by “a glaring lack of profundity.” Casey Luskin December 3, 2021 Intelligent design is a scientific theory that holds that many features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause. Brian Miller December 3, 2021 Xenobots are artificially interconnected biological tissues whose arrangements are determined by some algorithm. Evolution News December 3, 2021 There’s more function in the “junk” than imagined. Caltech finds a significant role: maintaining territories and compartments, and guiding components. Jonathan Witt December 2, 2021 If we want to effectively explain human behavior in all its messy richness, we would do well to look beyond this box of just-so stories. David Klinghoffer December 2, 2021 "How can we determine whether a 10-digit number is a random number or a specified telephone number to call your mother?" Cornelius Hunter December 2, 2021 UCEs are conserved structures that are not functionally constrained. Yet there is not so much as a hint of a problem for evolutionary theory. Evolution News December 1, 2021 Is intelligent design true? And is it worth expending the energy to defend it against powerful opposition? Neil Thomas December 1, 2021 As a schoolboy I remember being told that the surest way of finding out if any given English proposition made sense or not was to try to translate it into Latin, French, or German. Rob Stadler December 1, 2021 Scientists have been trying for decades to get monomers to link up into biopolymers under “prebiotically plausible conditions.” Eric Cassell November 30, 2021 How can a trigonometric mathematical computation be programmed into the brain of an ant through a neo-Darwinian process of genetic mutation and natural selection? Rob Stadler November 30, 2021 Science provides a clear expectation of what natural processes produce, and what we observe in the biopolymers of life is dramatically unexpected. David Klinghoffer November 30, 2021 As with cancel culture, ID proponents and Darwin skeptics were well aware of this issue for years, long before it came to the forefront in the present moment. David Klinghoffer November 29, 2021 Or is it trickier than the scientists imagine, more akin to “hiding your tuna fish sandwich in a room full of cats”? Denyse O'Leary November 28, 2021 Jerry Coyne is having a hard time understanding why anyone would even consider taking panpsychism seriously. Jonathan Witt November 27, 2021 Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard. Amanda Witt November 26, 2021 New this year is Wondrous Water, a calendar featuring gorgeous water photography. David Klinghoffer November 25, 2021 They were quite the sudden, unanticipated gift in the history of life. David Klinghoffer November 25, 2021 “The heresy of heresies was common sense,” Orwell writes. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
