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So, You Thought Charles Darwin Discovered Natural Selection? Wrong
James Hutton, the father of modern geology, first propounded the idea.
Jonathan Witt
http://www.discovery.org/p/97
Categories: Anti-Science News
Computers Should Not Be Granted Patents
In order to receive a patent, the subject of the protection must be a human invention.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
Categories: Anti-Science News
False promise of genetically modified crops
The Times is more polite than I am; today it ran an article Doubts about the promised bounty of genetically modified crops, by Danny Hakim. Well, I read the article and looked more closely at the supporting material, Broken promises of genetically modified crops, by Karl Russell and Danny Hakim, and I frankly have no doubts. As Mr. Hakim writes, An analysis by The Times using United Nations data showed that the United States and...
Matt Young
http://www.mines.edu/~mmyoung
Categories: Pro-Science News
Evolution topics coming to CSICON Las Vegas
If you don’t know about this year’s CSICON, check it out! There are several evolution-related talks, including Richard Dawkins (4:00 Friday Oct. 28th), Eugenie Scott (9:00 AM Saturday, Oct. 29th, “Sins of Evolution Education”) and Bertha Vazquez (9:30 AM Sat., “The Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science (TIES)”). There is a paper session on Sunday, October 30th. At 9:45 AM I’ll be presenting “ War of the Weasels: An Update on Creationist Attacks on Genetic...
Dave Thomas
http://www.nmsr.org
Categories: Pro-Science News
Egg News PETA Doesn't Want You to Know
Animal rights activists -- as distinct from animal welfare -- want to end all domestication.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
Categories: Anti-Science News
The Road to the Royal Society: The Problems That Matter, the Problems That Don't
Like Sherlock Holmes's dog that did not bark in the night, the RS meeting is noteworthy for those speakers who were not invited.
Paul Nelson
http://www.discovery.org/p/45
Categories: Anti-Science News
On Texas Science Standards, a Breath of Fresh Air -- Accurate Reporting!
Zack Kopplin is a self-described "investigative journalist and activist" who specializes in slinging the scare word "creationist" around.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Take Two Aspirin and a Darwinian Just-So Story, and Call Me in the Morning
Discovery Institute biologists Jonathan Wells and Ray Bohlin discuss the curious topic of "Darwinian medicine."
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
New Companion Website Tells the Rest of Intelligent Design's Revolutionary Story
You can start getting up to speed on the ID revolution now -- past, present, and future. And yes, the past matters.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Twenty Years of "Revolutionary" Machines: The Case of ATP Synthase
It's another rotary engine but smaller than the flagellum. And instead of powering bacteria, it powers you.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
This Science Educator Could Do with a Little More Science Education
Amanda Glaze seems like a personable, sympathetic, and intelligent woman who would make an excellent teacher.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Return of the Blind Watchmaker
Nature lets slip a comparison between what biochemical engineers make and what blind nature supposedly accomplished.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
High Tech, Low Life -- The Amazing Flagellum
Compare the flagellum with top Olympic swimmers, with a goldfish, and a sailfish.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Medical Martyrdom in Switzerland
A Christian nursing home is threatened with the loss of charitable tax status if administrators refuse to permit assisted suicide.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
Categories: Anti-Science News
Comparing Drones and Swifts, Swifts Win, Hands Down
"Their performance is ridiculous compared with these birds," a Swedish scientist told a reporter.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
Burj Khalifa -- A Big Example of Biomimetics
For the world's tallest skyscraper, the inspiration from a desert flower was not merely aesthetic or ornamental.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Fact-Check: Louisiana's Science Education Act Does NOT Authorize Teaching Creationism
Vox repeats the mistake of many media sources, mischaracterizing an academic freedom law as authorizing instructors to teach creationism.
Sarah Chaffee
Categories: Anti-Science News
On the Origin of Brains
Evolve brains in the Cambrian explosion? Just assume they come in with a bang. Somehow.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
Artificial Eggs Used to Make Living Animals
New technologies could have a huge impact on perceptions of what it means to be human.
Wesley J. Smith
http://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism
Categories: Anti-Science News
You've Come a Long Way, Behe
Critiques and challenges to Darwin's Black Box are in the yard waste bin of biology.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
