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- The sociological religion of no biological differences between the sexes https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/the-sociological-religion-of-no-biological-differences-between-the-sexes/ 5 comments
- New paper claims that evolution has stopped in a bacterial species. Is it true? https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/a-new-paper-claims-that-evolution-has-stopped-in-a-bacterial-species-is-it-true/ 13 comments
- A most bizarre and mysterious cocoon http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/a-most-bizarre-and-mysterious-cocoon/ 30 comments
- What caused the Cambrian explosion? http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/what-caused-the-cambrian-explosion/ 9 comments
- TEDx talks discredited: Sheldrake speaks, argues that speed of light is dropping http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/tedx-talks-completely-discredited-rupert-sheldrake-speaks-argues-that-speed-of-light-is-dropping/ 105 comments
- The last perambulation of an ancient arthropod http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/the-last-perambulation-of-an-ancient-arthropod/ 4 comments
- Darwin right: variations in useless organs unchecked by natural selection http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/darwin-right-again-the-inner-ears-of-sloths-are-highly-variable/ 7 comments
- Birds may be paedomorphic dinosaurs http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/birds-may-be-paedomorphic-dinosaurs/ 15 comments
- A new organ discovered in baleen whales http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/a-new-organ-discovered-in-baleen-whales/ 3 comments
- A New Phylogeny of the Mammals http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/a-new-phylogeny-of-the-mammals/ 3 comments
- The longest cell in the history of life http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/the-longest-cell-in-the-history-of-life/ 59 comments
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- The folly of “The folly of scientism” http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/the-folly-of-the-folly-of-scientism/ 4 comments science
- A new paper suggesting that belief in determinism makes you more empathic and less vindictive https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/a-new-paper-suggesting-that-belief-in-determinism-makes-you-more-empathic-and-less-vindictive/ 27 comments philosophy
- Indian man in Saudi Arabia faces beheading for posting image offensive to Islam https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/indian-man-in-saudi-arabia-faces-beheading-for-posting-image-offensive-to-islam/ 29 comments india
- Does the average person believe in determinism, free will, and moral responsibility? http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/does-the-average-person-believe-in-determinism-free-will-and-moral-responsibility/ 12 comments philosophy
- “Love it or leave it”: Bush’s former press secretary says atheists should leave the US http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/love-it-or-leave-it-bushs-former-press-secretary-says-atheists-should-leave-the-us/ 3 comments politics
- A new exposé of Mother Teresa shows that she—and the Vatican—were even worse than we thought http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/a-new-expose-on-mother-teresa-shows-that-she-and-the-vatican-were-even-worse-than-we-thought/ 15 comments india
- "What do Philosophers Believe?" A summarized survey. http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/the-consensus-of-philosophers/ 39 comments philosophy
- Rep. Paul Broun is caught on video saying that evolution, embryology, and the big bang are “lies straight from the pit of Hell”. Astonishingly he is a member of the Science Committee of the House of Representatives, and the chair of an important subcommittee https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/your-american-tax-dollars-at-work/ 4 comments politics
- A gynandromorph cardinal: one half male, the other half female https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/a-gynandromorph-cardinal-one-half-male-the-other-half-female/ 5 comments science
- Kentucky Republicans realize that they screwed up: Students will have to learn evolution http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/kentucky-republicans-realize-that-they-screwed-up-students-will-have-to-learn-evolution/ 247 comments politics
- Texas officially the dumbest state in the Union http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/texas-officially-the-dumbest-state-in-the-union/ 21 comments politics
- A physicist emphasizes the limits of science, calls for humility http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/a-physicist-emphasizes-the-limits-of-science-calls-for-humility/ 4 comments philosophy
- Evolution acceptance still flatlined in America http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/evolution-acceptance-still-flatlined-in-america/ 164 comments science
- Christopher Hitchens and an 8 year old girl talk literature: it's not what you expect. http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/mason-crumpacker-and-the-hitchens-reading-list/ 8 comments books
- Free will: The neuroscientists versus the philosophers. http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/free-will-the-neuroscientists-versus-the-philosophers/ 34 comments philosophy
- Bachmann: teach both sides, no matter how stupid http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/bachmann-teach-both-sides-no-matter-how-stupid/ 4 comments politics
- The longest cell in the history of life http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/the-longest-cell-in-the-history-of-life/ 340 comments science
- God told Michele Bachmann to pass an anti-gay amendment. The ammendment failed. Why is God trolling Michele Bachmann? http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/god-tells-michele-bachmann-that-he-doesnt-like-gays/ 299 comments politics
- The surreal treehoppers http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/the-surreal-treehoppers/ 12 comments science
- Biology and free will - "The reality is, not only do we have no more free will than a fly or a bacterium, in actuality we have no more free will than a bowl of sugar." http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/free-will-and-biology/ 108 comments science
- A new scientific survey of Americans on a variety of scientific topics reveals widespread, astounding ignorance about Evolution http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/vcu-survey-on-science-and-religion/ 59 comments science
- Close encounters of the weird kind: Quick guide to the Neandertal genome - Short, funny, scientifically-sound account of neanderthal genome, and why it makes news: "It conjures up pictures of hairy, beetle-browed neanderthals shagging individuals that looked much more like us" http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/quick-guide-to-the-neandertal-genome/ 6 comments science
- Evolution and home-schooling redux http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/evolution-and-home-schooling-redux/ 3 comments science
- The anti-vax movement is like creationism: it’s built on preconceived notions, personal bias, and scientific ignorance. But it’s much worse than creationism, for while nobody ever died from rejecting evolution, misguided opposition to vaccination actually kills people. http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/solution-to-anti-vaccination-controversy-build-bridges/ 90 comments science
- For every Galileo there are a thousand crackpots who also question received wisdom—but are wrong http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/an-attack-on-evolution-from-ourside/ 183 comments science