Natural Selection: The Ideology of Conflict
September 20, 2017
A survivor of a communist country describes the ideology of conflict he witnessed and the strife it created. But have Darwinians learned their lesson?
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Empty Promises from Darwin Storytellers
December 8, 2016
Mainstream science media cast a false illusion of Darwinism's success by making promises in the headlines that the articles don't deliver.
Seamounts: No Speciation Here, Mate
November 7, 2016
These isolated habitats should be ideal labs for studying Darwin's origin of species, but the evidence just isn't there.
Today's Science Hates Faith
November 6, 2016
There are individual scientists who believe in God, but their institutions ridicule any and all forms of "faith."
Darwin Demo Falls Short
September 12, 2016
What the new "evolution in action" experiment lacks in Darwin support is compensated by its propaganda value.
Proving Evolution by Devolution
March 11, 2016
A sadly misinformed press release tries to illustrate Darwinian evolution by breaking things.
Who Misunderstands Evolution?
February 20, 2016
Some pro-Darwin reporters and scientists think that if people just understood evolution, they would accept it.
Origin of Life Faces Four Paradoxes
December 31, 2013
One show-stopper is enough, but a veteran origin-of-life researcher acknowledges four paradoxes in origin-of-life research that have never been solved.
Paper View: Darwin, of All the Nerve
July 4, 2009
American neurons are due to get a workout this day. The taste buds and olfactory neurons will get their exercise first at Independence Day barbecues across the land, then the visual cortex and auditory neurons will max out as the fireworks start after dark. Escorted by the Editors of Science Magazine, Darwin is here in […]
Grasses Ratchet Their Seeds Into Distance Travelers
June 2, 2009
John Muir said we should not pity plants as prisoners to one spot. In their own ways, they travel the world as we humans do. Anyone who has walked through wild dry grass may have been annoyed at how many foxtails get buried in their socks and how hard it is to get them out. […]
Can Humans Scientifically Analyze One Another?
May 17, 2009
Imagine an alien landing on Earth and trying to figure out two groups of people. One group wields spears and arrows and decides that those who interfere with their traditions are enemies to be killed. Another lives in penthouses and universities and explains the behavior of the other group as evolved tendencies from their animal […]
Evolution: A Theory in Revision
April 29, 2009
Evolution is not so much a fact of nature that Darwin discovered, as it is a framework for interpreting evidence. Within that framework are many subplots that can be overturned without falsifying the framework. Here are some recent examples: Chicxulub loses impact: We’ve seen the animations of a giant impact wiping out the dinosaurs. The […]
Evolving Complexity
April 21, 2009
Anyone analyzing a scientific explanation should evaluate whether it explains the phenomenon or explains it away. For instance, to say that bats have sonar because they evolved it provides little in the way of understanding of how or why that happened. Recently, some scientific papers have directly addressed the topic of complex systems in biology. […]
Science Intrudes Into Morality
December 23, 2008
The Pope recently declared that we need to save humanity from self-destructive behaviors, like homosexuality. Can science intrude on questions of human behavior and morals? New Scientist thought so; a blog entry today says the Pope “misuses science to attack homosexuality.” One would think that moral behavior would lie outside the field for […]
Blame Hiccups on Your Inner Fish
December 16, 2008
Why do humans get hernias and hiccups? Neil Shubin says it’s because of your inner fish. In the Scientific American series on Darwin, the discoverer of Tiktaalik was trying to show how evolutionary theory sheds light on human anatomy. He looked back to fish and amphibians and found insight. “A glimpse inside the […]