Month: February 2017
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.
Is There a Limit to the Number of a Designer’s Creative Acts?
Recently, I was listening to Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1068, followed a couple of days later by watching the Tom Cruise movie Oblivion. What does one have to do with the other? Well, the latter includes in the soundtrack the song “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by the 1960s English rock group Procol Harum, and it occurred to me that “A Whiter Shade” may be based on Bach. A little research revealed that the organ countermelody of “A Whiter Shade” is, indeed, based on BWV 1068. The song itself is an adaptation of Bach’s church cantata, Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe (“I am standing with one foot in the grave”), BWV 156. Bach Read More ›
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.
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.
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.