Month: January 2012
The Chief Part of the Spectacle is Supplied by Life
Are the three “cardinal problems” of biology still almost untouched?
Joining the Conversation: Perspectives on the Discussion with James Shapiro
There is an important distinction to be made between the terms “natural” and “material.”
Wallace Would Be an Intelligent Design Advocate — and a Prescient Figure in the History of Science
Wallace emerges from Darwin’s shadow, leaving Darwinian “explanations” looking less like progress and more like — to borrow Wendell Berry’s phrase — “leapfrogging into the dark.”
Media Promoting Misinformation about the Santorum Amendment
Probably the most commonly heard untruth holds that the Santorum Amendment pushed or encouraged the teaching of intelligent design.
More Darwinian Degradation: Much Ado about Yeast
The authors of a recent paper discuss their results in terms of the origin of multicellularity on earth.