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# science    

the invader zim syndrome

The best metaphor for creationists might be a misanthropic kids' cartoon from the 1990s rather than a wolf in sheep's clothing.
the invader zim syndrome

# tech    

the skeptic's guide to the singularity

Transhumanists preaching the Gospel of the Singularity are right that we don't have to let nature dictate our future. But their absolute faith in utopian technology that hasn't yet been invented is misplaced.
the skeptic's guide to the singularity

# evolution    

why ray comfort got the ncse treatment

Religion reporter Dan Gilgoff decided to host a debate between Ray Comfort and a biologist. Then he tried stacking the deck in Comfort's favor...
why ray comfort got the ncse treatment

# evolution    

the sunday times gets an egg on its face

British pundit Dennis Sewell is back to blame all the evils of the modern world on the discovery of gradual genetic change in living organisms.
the sunday times gets an egg on its face

# space    

it's a comet! it's a meteor! no, it's a piece of rna!

Far from destroying organic molecules, the conditions in deep space seems to foster their creation while protecting them from cosmic rays.
it's a comet! it's a meteor! no, it's a piece of rna!

# astrobiology    

how not to approach astrobiology

Panspermia is a hypothesis of how life might have hitchhiked to Earth. It's not meant to explain how life actually began.
how not to approach astrobiology

# astrobiology    

charles darwin and otto hahn's alien fossils

Was Darwin interested in panspermia, the hypothesis that life on Earth was seeded by asteroid impacts?
charles darwin and otto hahn's alien fossils

# evolution    

looking for the afterlife in all the wrong places

Dinesh D'Souza's exploration of evidence for the afterlife is a feat of intellectual laziness and incuriosity.
looking for the afterlife in all the wrong places

# evolution    

… and a bullhorn for every maniac

Of all the places to have a good faith debate about evolution, a forum hosted by a religion reporter against Ray "Banana Man" Comfort is not one.
… and a bullhorn for every maniac

# evolution    

creationists start circling ida's cadaver

Creationists believe that the scientific conclusions about Ida the fossil are a death blow to evolution. In reality, they're just attacking the much ridiculed hype generated by its discoverer.
creationists start circling ida's cadaver

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undermining biology, one class at a time

A new study confirms what science advocates have long suspected. Creationism in the classroom undermines the quality of student's education.
undermining biology, one class at a time

# evolution    

behe keeps the manufactroversy going

Like a phoenix of nonsense, Michael Behe rises from the ashes of being proved wrong on his terms and with his conditions by pretending that the exact opposite has happened.
behe keeps the manufactroversy going

# evolution    

review: the greatest show on earth

The Greatest Show on Earth, Dawkins' latest book, is mostly a primer on evolution rather than a polemic on atheism. And that works perfectly well.
review: the greatest show on earth

# evolution    

the creationist quest to slime darwin

There seems to be nothing creationists won't blame on Charles Darwin, especially the Holocaust.
the creationist quest to slime darwin

# evolution    

the evolution of guinness

Guinness embraces a fun riff on evolution in its latest ad and the results are very entertaining.
the evolution of guinness

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