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August 2006 Post of the Month: The Constancy of Constants, Part 2
Added September 18, 2006:
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August 2006 Co-Post of the Month: An Atheist's Defense of Religion
Added September 18, 2006:
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Macroevolution
Updated September 16, 2006: In evolutionary biology today macroevolution is used to refer to any evolutionary change at or above the level of species. It means the splitting of a species into two or the change of a species over time into another. This FAQ has been expanded, updated, illustrated, and rewritten.
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Hendren v. Campbell: Decision Against a Creationist Textbook
Added August 20, 2006: A 1977 decision of an Indiana superior court ruling against a textbook produced by the Creation Research Society. In some respects this case resembles a young-earth creationist version of the 2005 Kitzmiller case. Introductory material, links, as well as the full text of the judge's memorandum opinion are provided.
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Young-Earth Creationist Helium Diffusion "Dates": Fallacies Based on Bad Assumptions and Questionable Data
Updated July 25, 2006: Young-Earth creationists consider the helium diffusion studies of D. Russell Humphreys and others to be one of their greatest achievements in arguing for a 6,000 year old Earth. A geologist shows that these studies are extensively flawed and include: serious miscalculations in their data, sampling the wrong rock type, failing to eliminate possible contamination, using equations that are based on invalid assumptions and relying on questionable data. Appendices C and D have been added in response to Dr. Humphreys' most recent statements in his January 2006 "Trueorigins" essay.
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June 2006 Post of the Month: How Species Originate
Added July 25, 2006:
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May 2006 Post of the Month: The Evolution of Organs
Added July 3, 2006:
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April 2006 Post of the Month: The Precambrian Song!
Added May 11, 2006:
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February 2006 Post of the Month: Identifying Fossils
Added March 18, 2006:
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January 2006 Post of the Month: Large Numbers and Deep Time
Added February 17, 2006:
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January 2006 Co-Post of the Month: Trying to Keep Up With the Joneses
Added February 17, 2006:
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Evidence for the Big Bang
This article covers the evidence which leads cosmologists to believe the Big Bang happened, deals with common objections to the theory, and discusses alternative models and questions that still remain to be answered.
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December 2005 Post of the Month: Unanswered Questions
Added January 24, 2006:
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How Old is the Earth: A Response to "Scientific" Creationism
Added January 10, 2006: A classic and often-referenced 1984 paper by G. Brent Dalrymple. The paper contains short but accurate expositions of radiometric dating methods and discussions of creationist criticisms and attempts to date the Earth as young. It includes material difficult to find elsewhere, such as the discussion of mixing isochrons and the effect of neutron-capture reactions. Dr. Dalrymple is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a winner of the National Medal of Science, a former president of the American Geophysical Union, and the author of The Age of the Earth
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Science & Human Origins: Interview with Dr. Ann Gauger
Listen Now. On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin interviews Dr. Ann Gauger, co-author of Science & Human Origins and senior research scientist at the Biologic Institute. In recent years, human origins has become an especially hot...
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Science & Human Origins: Interview with Casey Luskin
Listen Now. On this episode of ID the Future, the CSC's Rob Crowther speaks with Casey Luskin, co-author of the new book Science & Human Origins. There are frequent and spurious claims made in the media that the genetic...
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Non-Religious Skeptics of Darwinian Evolution
Click here to listen. On this episode of ID the Future, hear Casey Luskin's interview with Issues, Etc., in which he responds to false claims that intelligent design theory is based on religious belief. Casey discusses how many Darwin...
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How We Know Intelligent Design is Science
Click here to listen. On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin addresses the question: Is intelligent design science? While the precise definition of "science" has long been debated, most would agree that there are certain qualities that...
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Dr. Ann Gauger: Biology Still Surprises Us
Listen Now. On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid talks with biologist Ann Gauger about the ability of biology to continually surprise us--even when we think the science is settled. Dr. Gauger discusses some scientific "facts" that...
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Dr. Jonathan Wells: How Much of the Human Genome is Functional?
Listen Now. On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin interviews Dr. Jonathan Wells about a recent article that claims that the human genome is full of useless, non-functional DNA. Dr. Wells explains the concept of "junk DNA,"...
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