Month: October 2013
Is Darwinian Evolution "Indispensable" to Biology?
From the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, with my commentary.
To Create Cambrian Animals, Whack the Earth from Space
It’s surely not a coincidence that this season in science-journal publishing we’ve seen a variety of attempts to solve the enigma that Stephen Meyer describes in his new book, Darwin’s Doubt.
Citation Counts Are Challenged as Metric of Scientific Merit
An otherwise scientifically sound paper might not be cited for reasons that are political, not scientific. In the intelligent-design movement, we’ve seen this many times.
What Has Materialism Done for Science? Introducing “Science Fictions”
As a journalist who has covered the intelligent design controversy for 12 years, I ended up asking a question repeatedly: What exactly has materialism done for science?
Where the Denial Really Lies
In 2011, Dr. Alvin Plantinga, the foremost living Christian philosopher, released his book Where the Conflict Really Lies.