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Dan Graur: The Vigilante Who Wants to Retain the Myth of Junk DNA
A scientist is determined to keep the ENCODE project from supporting intelligent design.
On Cosmos, Neil Tyson Enlists a Chinese Philosopher in the Argument Against Faith — No, Make that Fate
One of Mozi’s essays is said by Dr. Tyson to have been "Against Faith" — that’s what it sounds like Tyson says, although I evidently misheard.
To Paul Nelson’s Reasonable Challenge on Evolutionary Pathways, Nick Matzke Has No Answer
Paul issued a pretty direct, clear, concrete challenge to our frequent interlocutor, the ace Darwin defender and biologist Dr. Matzke.
On Paul Nelson Day 2014: The Target Problem
Thanks to P.Z. Myers’s annual lampoon of me, I’ve thought more deeply about the relationship between development and evolution than I ever expected to do.
With Enceladus the Toast of the Solar System, Here’s a Wrap-Up of the Origin-of-Life Problem
In order to discuss origins of life in a science-based way, we must begin by acknowledging that intelligence is an inextricable part of the account.