Discovery Institute Evolution News & Views
Evolution News and Views (ENV) provides original reporting and analysis about the debate over intelligent design and evolution, including breaking news about scientific research, academic freedom cases, and educational policy issues. ENV also covers how the rest of the newsmedia report on the debate, offering analysis and corrections to major news stories, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at how journalists and news outlets operate when they report on this issue.
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Mother Jones, Followed by National Review -- yes, National Review -- Misrepresents the Texas Textbook Review Process
Fortunately, Texans know how to check crazy.
Joshua Youngkin
http://www.discovery.org/p/501
Categories: Anti-Science News
The American Spectator Warmly Welcomes Darwin's Doubt
You might not like what Stephen Meyer has to say in Darwin's Doubt, but a competent critic knows you need to react to what the author actually argues.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Mechanical Gears Discovered on Planthopper Insects Provide an Opportunity to Recognize, or Deny, Design
History has long attributed the development of the gear to the ancient Greeks, over two thousand years ago.
Casey Luskin
http://www.discovery.org/p/188
Categories: Anti-Science News
Beautiful Animation Reveals the Processes of Transcription and Translation
I never cease to be amazed at the remarkable design and complexity of cellular information processing and retrieval.
Jonathan M.
http://www.intelligentdesign.org
Categories: Anti-Science News
The Idea of Man Under Materialism
Clashing conceptions of man and morality raise the question of whether the American system can survive the triumphant dissemination of Darwinian materialism
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
The Source of Genius? Revealed at Last!
It's amazing what you can learn from the popular science media.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Stephen Meyer on the Incompatibility of Materialism and the American System of Constitutional Government
As a companion to Dr. Meyer's discussion with Michael Medved on the Science & Culture Update, check out these two essays.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
Desperate for Good Headlines, Origin-of-Life Theorists Push Meager "New Organics in Meteorites" Story
As evidence for the chemical origin of life, the news media are touting a new analysis of a meteorite that fell to earth in Sutter's Mill, California.
Casey Luskin
http://www.discovery.org/p/188
Categories: Anti-Science News
Today at 2 PM Pacific Time, Stephen Meyer Will Talk with Michael Medved About the Materialist Threat to American Exceptionalism
Last week Vladmir Putin critiqued American exceptionalism, focusing attention on what makes our country unique.
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
Now Creationism Is a "Mental Illness"?
In arguments, the same logical fallacies are committed again and again. Two textbook examples are floridly on display in an article from Psychology Today.
Stephen A. Batzer
Categories: Anti-Science News
Evolutionary Biologist Andreas Wagner: We "Know Little" about How "Innovations Originate"
ENV reported on this earlier, but it merits further consideration.
Casey Luskin
http://www.discovery.org/p/188
Categories: Anti-Science News
Jerry Coyne Goes on Polish Television to Extol the Merits of Atheism
For a discussion of the impact of atheism on Poland that will resonate with the Polish people, Jerry should conduct the interview in the town of Katyn.
Michael Egnor
Categories: Anti-Science News
No Need to Save Nicholas Brown
Bruce Chapman observes that despite his alma mater's having been named after a preacher, John Harvard, recent sentiment among the faculty goes against Harvard's religious heritage.
David Klinghoffer
http://www.discovery.org/p/209
Categories: Anti-Science News
Save John Harvard
Perhaps the Freedom From Religion Foundation should demand that the old man's seated statue be removed from Harvard Yard and the name of the college changed to Pinker.
Bruce Chapman
http://www.discovery.org/p/7
Categories: Anti-Science News
"What Is the World Really Like?" Darwinism, Materialism, and How They Relate
John Searle, the eminent professor of philosophy at U.C. Berkeley, once said that "there is a sense in which materialism is the religion of our time."
Tom Bethell
Categories: Anti-Science News
Kids Bored in Science Class? Empower Them to Explore Hot Topics
It takes guts to empower students to explore hot topics. Sacred cows may be tipped. But there's no learning, and no innovation, without some risk to the status quo.
Joshua Youngkin
http://www.discovery.org/p/501
Categories: Anti-Science News
Clarifying the Issues at Ball State: Some Questions and Answers
Answering some questions about what is actually going on at Ball State and why it matters.
John G. West
http://www.discovery.org/p/18
Categories: Anti-Science News
Denying the "Denier" Label
According to the NCSE, we are "science deniers" or "evolution deniers." I'm calling their bluff.
Donald McLaughlin
http://www.discovery.org/p/611
Categories: Anti-Science News
Stephen Meyer in the City: A Report
It was a superb event and we are grateful to Eric Metaxas and his Socrates in the City staff and founders for making it all possible.
Donald McLaughlin
http://www.discovery.org/p/611
Categories: Anti-Science News
Hox Genes to the Rescue?
Hox gene clusters are regulatory elements that switch on genes downstream in embryological development. When you swap one cluster with another, what happens? Evolution?
Evolution News & Views
Categories: Anti-Science News
