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With Darwin Day Approaching, It's Time for a Look Back at Evolution and American History
Darwin Day is coming up -- February 12, aka Academic Freedom Day. Yes, that means we'll be introducing you to a new Censor of the Year.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
In Mouse and Human Embryo Development, Critical Transition Points Beyond Neo-Darwinism
On ID the Future, CSC Senior Fellow Ann Gauger discusses a recent paper in the journal Cell.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
Incremental Versus Radical Innovation: A Response to Josh Swamidass on Evolution and Cancer
Dr. Swamidass is an Assistant Professor of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine at Washington University, and a frequent critic of intelligent design.
Brian Miller
Categories: Anti-Science News
The Curious Romance of Darwinism and Creationism -- And Why Intelligent Design Must Be Silenced
In his new book, Tom Bethell cites a telling lecture by origin-of-life researcher Nita Sahai.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Journalist Tom Bethell Puts to Rest the "I'm Not a Scientist" Dodge
My wife was complaining to me today that I don't podcast enough. Hah! Here's a new episode of ID the Future.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Fact Check: No, the Texas Board of Education Has Not Authorized "Creationism" in Its Science Standards
The Texas Board of Education met this past week to discuss the streamlining of its science standards, greeted by much news attention.
Sarah Chaffee
Categories: Anti-Science News
An Opening for Academic Freedom in Texas, as Representative Swanson Files a Bill
This legislation, if passed, would protect teachers who wish to discuss the "scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific theories."
Sarah Chaffee
Categories: Anti-Science News
March for Science Gets "Hijacked" by Partisanship
If science ever becomes conflated in the public mind with left-wing advocacy, it will profoundly harm that crucial sector.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
Categories: Anti-Science News
Biologist Ann Gauger: Apoptosis (Cell Death) Is an Enigma for Darwinism
Sarah Chaffee and Discovery Institute biologist Ann Gauger have been conducting a multipart conversation about the cell.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Tom Bethell on Mind, Matter, and Self-Defeating Darwinism
The assertion of materialism, which is the foundation of Darwinian theory, runs headlong into what we know about our own inner lives.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
See the Trailer Now -- Meet Tom Bethell, Author of Darwin's House of Cards
As Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard says, Bethell "writes like a dream," which captures my sentiment.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Did Complex Flight Feathers "Emerge"?
Consider something you know is intelligently designed: for example, software code for an app that flies a drone.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
Michael Behe Is Headed to Florida for Back-to-Back Screenings of Revolutionary!
We've got you well covered in the Sunshine State.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
Ten Tips for Spotting Fake Science News on Evolution
Not any journalist who commits one or more of the following is guilty of spreading fake news, but these are things to watch for.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
The Cell as a City: Examining an Apt Metaphor
On most days, city services are invisible to residents. We take them for granted through a lack of thoughtfulness -- and gratitude.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
These Animals Really Get Around
You've heard about Arctic terns, sea turtles, monarch butterflies and salmon, but how about other long-distance travelers?
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
Tom Bethell's Rebuke to Fellow Journalists: A Skeptical Look at Evolution Is Not Beyond Your Powers
Darwin's edifice rests on a 19th century faith in Progress, propped up by a dogmatic commitment to materialism.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Academic Freedom Legislation: Understanding South Dakota's SB 55
South Dakota science teachers, and therefore the students and families they serve, will likely find this legislation heartening.
Sarah Chaffee
Categories: Anti-Science News
Darwin's Corrosive Idea: The Case of Stephen Matheson
A biologist, Dr. Matheson is a longtime critic of the theory of intelligent design, and now a former Christian.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Inside the Cell: DNA as a Library
Biologist Ann Gauger draws a thought-provoking analogy to a famed institution in our nation's capital.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
