Category: Science
#6 of Our Top Ten Evolution Stories of 2014: Phys.org Says 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.
Universe, Planet, Proteins…It’s Fine-Tuning All the Way Down
Don’t miss a nifty Wall Street Journal piece today, that’s important too, by our friend Eric Metaxas.
Branding Popular Arts and Culture for Darwin
The most ambitious venture so far may be New York Times columnist David Brooks’s novel The Social Animal, about an evolutionarily happy couple.
#7 of Our Top Ten Evolution Stories of 2014: Ciliate Organism Undergoes “Scrambled Genome” and “Massive…Rearrangement”
A goal-directed creative process like ID can shed light on the mystery of the Oxytricha trifallax genome.
Merry Christmas! Here’s #8 of Our Top Evolution Stories of 2014: State-Run Museum Covered Up Collaboration with Atheist Groups
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) worked with atheist groups to put on 2014 Darwin Day events that included anti-religious lectures.