Tag: Origin of Species
Newly Discovered War Machines in the Immune System
A newly discovered defense against pathogens involves armor and bullets that render an attacker immobile and self-destructing.
Shelley, Darwin, and the 19th-Century God Debate
The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley threw down the gauntlet for what was effectively to become the great Victorian dispute about religious faith.
Darwin’s “God Wouldn’t Do It This Way” Argument
A book widely hailed as proposing a true mechanism for evolution actually reads more like an anti-creationist polemic.
Darwinism as Fact? The Waning of an Historical Myth
Historically the unfathomable subtleties of our terrestrial environment have been viewed as in and of themselves empirical markers for design.
Alfred Russel Wallace’s Bicentennial Year: A Cause for Celebration and for Sadness
All the hyperbole shows the fix is in — Wallace has been made safe for scientism and Darwinian reductionism. The academy can breathe easy.