Darwin and Evolution Grading Evolutionary Success Claims March 31, 2015 Reporters often credit Darwinian evolution for explaining mysteries in biology. Let's play teacher and grade their papers. CONTINUE READING
Early Man Body Diversity Threatens to Undermine Paleoanthropology March 30, 2015 People don't all look the same today; body types vary tremendously. Why should we assume differently about the past? CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain Stone Tools Still Have Animal Residue March 25, 2015 Claimed to be half a million years old, stone tools found in Israel still contain traces of animal fat and vegetable matter. CONTINUE READING
Darwin and Evolution Fudging Evolution to Avoid Falsification March 12, 2015 Evolutionary theory follows Finagle's Rule #4: "Draw your curves, then plot your data." CONTINUE READING
Early Man Another "Oldest Homo" Contender Alleged March 5, 2015 Not again: another jawbone is making the rounds in the human-evolution saga. CONTINUE READING
Cosmology Cosmic Theater March 4, 2015 Cosmologists act less like scientists and more like actors, the more that anomalies threaten their paradigm. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Animal PhDs in Physics March 3, 2015 Many animals and plants have mastered physics and chemistry. Engineers would do well to learn from them. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain Adult Brain Can Build New Neurons February 23, 2015 A dogma-challenging find raises a question: does the environment create the mind? CONTINUE READING
Bible and Theology Darwin-Loving Democrat Takes Helm of AAAS February 22, 2015 Former Congressman Rush D. Holt gives his inaugural editorial in Science Magazine. CONTINUE READING
Darwin and Evolution Darwinians Fill Gaps With Magic February 17, 2015 Like rabbits in a magic show, things just "appear" on the Darwin stage. And like magicians, Darwinians don't reveal how the trick is done. CONTINUE READING
SETI Darwin's Land of Make-Believe February 14, 2015 Darwin supporters use cartoons and rap music to push their message to humans—and aliens. CONTINUE READING
Media Science Can Dumb Down, Corrupt, and Mislead the Public for Decades February 13, 2015 It's impossible to present so-called scientific "findings" about the human mind that are morally neutral. CONTINUE READING
Darwin and Evolution Darwin's Finches: What Evolved, the Birds or the Story? February 12, 2015 Imagine spending 40 years of your life promoting Darwinian evolution with Galapagos finches, only to find out on Darwin Day that the birds hybridize and cross-breed. CONTINUE READING
Politics and Ethics Can Altruism Evolve? February 8, 2015 Many animals cooperate; that's an evolutionary puzzle itself. But how can evolution explain human charity to distant strangers? CONTINUE READING
Mammals Mammals vs. Evolution February 6, 2015 Whether living or fossilized, mammals do not tell an evolutionary story. CONTINUE READING