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# evolution    

starting a controversy for controversy's sake

Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini wrote a book about evolution riddled with mistakes called out by biologists. Now they're pretending their critics are faceless nobodies with suspect credentials.
starting a controversy for controversy's sake

# science    

answering one fallacy with another

Creationists attack evolution with a hydra of bad faith arguments and logical fallacies. Trying to counter them using the bandwagon fallacy is only playing into their hands.
answering one fallacy with another

# tech    

presenting the amazing evolving automatons

Small, simple robots are making amazing leaps and bounds in evolving behavior similar to that of living things. But why? And how?
presenting the amazing evolving automatons

# astrobiology    

should we spread our germs across space?

While we strive to avoid contaminating alien worlds with our toughest germs, what if it's not only inevitable, but could actually lead to some good over the eons?
should we spread our germs across space?

# science    

the creationist swarm stays on the offensive

After several years of sustained pushback, you'd think that creationists would find a new strategy. But they're nothing if not consistent and deaf to criticism...
the creationist swarm stays on the offensive

# science    

darpa's new project tackles immortality

DARPA's new moonshot experiment sounds like a recipe for invincible monsters straight out of a B horror movie.
darpa's new project tackles immortality

# evolution    

the evolutionary mystery of human breasts

For all the time we've spent admiring, sexualizing, and thinking about breasts, we still haven't figured out how and why they evolved.
the evolutionary mystery of human breasts

# tech    

are insects the first step in creating a.i.?

Turns out, insects have basic forms of intelligence and the path to thinking robots may be through emulating how their tiny minds work.
are insects the first step in creating a.i.?

# evolution    

predatory dinosaurs, now with venom?

New evidence for venomous dinosaurs is beginning to emerge and we think we have our first example.
predatory dinosaurs, now with venom?

# evolution    

when giant monsters roamed the earth…

If you ever wanted to see dinosaurs fighting for their lives and see their anatomy at work, Clash of the Dinosaurs is the show for you.
when giant monsters roamed the earth…

# science    

the curious case of a skeptical bait and switch

If you ask Raymond Tallis, he will start off some very valid critiques about the use of functional MRI to map the brain, and end up regurgitating creationist talking points.
the curious case of a skeptical bait and switch

# science    

when an answer is not an answer at all…

Since Dembski considered it beneath him to answer my design question, someone else tries to take a shot at them.
when an answer is not an answer at all…

# evolution    

a designer's questions about intelligent design

A few questions for the Great Creationist Information Theory Wizard William Albert Dembski about the design of the human body and genome.
a designer's questions about intelligent design

# science    

the unfortunate return of dennis sewell

Dennis Sewell is back, and this time with an entire book lazily recycling the worst and most thoroughly debunked arguments against evolution and Darwin's work and impact on science.
the unfortunate return of dennis sewell

# evolution    

yet another hunt for the god gene

Science writer Nicholas Wade makes the bold claim that belief in the supernatural is genetic but his reasoning and examples fail to live up to the hype.
yet another hunt for the god gene

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