Category: Science
Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”
Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority.
Answering an Objection: “You Can’t Measure Intelligent Design”
We test intelligent design in the same way that we test all historical scientific theories.
Living Murals: Wall Art Made by Photosynthetic Bacteria
Long suspected to be biological in origin, desert varnish is confirmed to be the product of light-gathering microbes that concentrate manganese as sunscreen.
In Writing for Lay and Scientific Readers, Stephen Meyer Dances at Two Weddings
If the experts “have an objection,” says Tom Gilson, Meyer “knows it already, and he answers it.”
Journalist Finds a “Cover-Up” by the Bronx Zoo
It wasn’t until they were forced by events that the Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society admitted this black life mattered.