Category: Evolution
Biologist Jonathan Wells Offers a Cure for Zombie Science
Wells encourages more than a modest dose of skepticism, and gives the example of the supposed “backward wiring of the vertebrate eye” as a case in point.
“Stuck in the Late 19th Century”: Andrew Klavan, Stephen Meyer on Scientific Atheism
Darwin, Marx, and Freud are largely responsible for elaborating the outlook that sought to replace the Western theistic view.
Studies on Insect Wings Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation
The “long-winged” phenotype is generated if the environmental conditions deteriorate due to reduced food supply or overpopulation.
Did Minimal Consciousness Drive the Cambrian Explosion?
Eva Jablonka’s team makes the daring case, repurposing Hungarian chemist Tibor Gánti’s origin of life studies.
Devolution Watch: Malaria Gnaws Off a Leg
The most frequently used diagnostic test kit checks for the presence in the patient’s blood of either of two similar malarial proteins, called pfhrp2 or pfhrp3.