Month: August 2014
Phys.org: Specialized Retinal Cells Are a “Design Feature,” Showing that the Argument for Suboptimal Design of the Eye “Is Folly”
A Darwinian paradigm assumes that biological systems are cobbled together haphazardly by natural selection over eons of unguided descent with modification.
For Bogus Science, Don’t Forget to Blame the Media
All of that hype and adulation can push those with weak characters or ruthless ambition over the line.
In the Human Genome, Function Is There When You Look for It
There’s a highly emotional, not merely scientific, controversy raging about function in the human genome.
More Studies Show Children Are Wired for Religious Belief: A Brief Literature Review
If you’re an evolutionary atheist, don’t you find this just a bit peculiar?
When Ideology Trumps Science: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Cosmos on Global Warming
I finally had a chance to watch the twelfth, penultimate episode of Cosmos, "The World Set Free."