It never dies: Apes can’t talk yet they can explain language?
PZ Myers, the self-described Paris Hilton of atheists, on junk DNA
Reflections on genuinely non-Darwinist evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis (d. 2011)
A total Darwin stalwart’s vision for all of us gets unearthed – to suddenly fall down the memory hole?
Maligning Phil Johnson, with Lots of Rhetoric but Little Substance
We recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the publication of Phillip Johnson’s groundbreaking book, Darwin on Trial. Phillip Johnson’s meticulous skill in scrutinizing the metaphysical assumptions undergirding much of evolutionary naturalism launched the modern intelligent design movement and set in motion a chain of events that must inevitably lead to the toppling of Darwinism in scientific academia. Click here to continue reading>>>
He said it: Richard Dawkins on the origin of life
On the latest countdown to the Higgs boson
Human immune system found to take bacteria prisoners
Dark matter need not apply – Italian mathematician
The mutilation of Bibi Aisha — a test case on the objectivity of moral judgements
Several days ago, UD news raised the above case, and the response of a class of students, as a test case on the objectivity of morality. Further details — and a shocking picture of a beautiful but mutilated girl that we all need to examine, painful or not — are here. In deference to sensibilities, I will ensure that the shocking graphic is below the fold.) Read More ›
Recent pristine gas find confirms Big Bang predictions
Missed this one too: From “Astronomers Find Clouds of Primordial Gas from the Early Universe, Just Moments After Big Bang” (ScienceDaily, Nov. 10, 2011), we learn: For the first time, astronomers have found pristine clouds of the primordial gas that formed in the first few minutes after the Big Bang. The composition of the gas matches theoretical predictions, providing direct evidence in support of the modern cosmological explanation for the origins of elements in the universe. As hard as we’ve tried to find pristine material in the universe, we have failed until now. This is the first time we’ve observed pristine gas uncontaminated by heavier elements from stars,” “The lack of metals tells us this gas is pristine,” Fumagalli said. Read More ›
More Evidence of Adaptive Mutations: Adaptation by Directed Modification Rather Than Selection, Lamarck N, Darwin 0
One of the major pillars of evidence claimed for the fact of evolution is the adaptation in populations that we observe. As Ernst Mayr—one of the leading evolutionists in the twentieth century—wrote in his Toward a New Philosophy of Biology, “evolutionary change is also simply a fact owing to the changes in the content of gene pools from generation to generation.” This equating of minor change—even a mere change in gene frequencies within a population—with all of evolution is rampant within evolutionary apologetics. For example in the first 20 seconds of the recent Let’s Talk About Evolution video Professor Marta Wayne tells viewers that “Evolution is change in gene frequency” and science writer Emily Willingham defines evolution as “a change Read More ›