15Aug 2026 by Post

Human Evolution Needs Subhumans, and Needs Them Badly

Amazon, archeology, Ascent of Man, astrobiology, China, Cultural Anthropology, Darwinian evolution, Eurasia, evolutionary psychology, forebears, genomes, glaciers, Greece, Human Origins and Anthropology, Jonathan Cheng, Matthew Phelan, Neanderthals, rainforest, Ross Andersen, Sanxingdui, Stone Age, subhumans, The Atlantic, UC Berkeley, Wall Street Journal
Excavation of Neanderthal and other sites is leveling even further the fabled Ascent of Man. Source
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15Aug 2026 by Post

Behe’s Bombshell, Thirty Years Later

biochemistry, bombshell, Center for Science and Culture, Complexity, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Evolution, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Michael Behe, molecular machines, National Review, new york, New York Times, Podcast, publishing, Simon and Schuster, The Free Press, Wall Street Journal
Back in the 1990s, scientists were just starting to discover that virtually all cellular processes were powered by molecular machines. Source
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08Aug 2026 by Post

Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

architecture, art galleries, arts, beauty, behavior, biomaxxing, Bryan Johnson, chromatin, concert halls, Culture, DNA, eating, environment, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, exercise, genes, gym, histones, Intelligent Design, literature, longevity, memory, Michael Denton, museums, music, neurocognitive capacity, Samantha Boardman, stress, Thomas P. Gills, Thomas Woodward, University College London, Wall Street Journal
Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways. Source
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24Apr 2026 by Post

Humans as “Beloved”: A Signature of Intelligent Design

animals, atheists, beauty, bees, Bethel McGrew, birdsong, cats, cosmos, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, dust, Evolution, Faith & Science, flowers, Intelligent Design, light, materialistic narrative, mountain peak, nature, Pale Blue Dot, physics, Prince, princess, sunset, symphony, The Story of Everything, tulips, Wall Street Journal
A few minor shifts in how light interacts with matter and our sense of sight would be dulled to most of the visual beauty that we most appreciate in nature. Source
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13Apr 2026 by Post

Contest of Cosmic Stories “Isn’t a Fair Fight”

aneurysm, Artemis II, astronauts, astronomers, Bethel McGrew, Book of Nature, Carl Sagan, cosmology, cosmos, earth, Faith & Science, history of science, Johannes Kepler, nihilism, paywall, planetary motion, planets, Psalms, Richard Dawkins, scientific evidence, space, stars, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theologians, universe, Victor Glover, Voyager 1, Wall Street Journal
As Bethel McGrew notes, the tradition of seeing the stars, planets, and the rest of space as pointing to a creator has a distinguished scientific history. Source
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05Nov 2025 by Post

As Evidence of a Soul, Charles Murray and Steven Pinker Debate Terminal Lucidity

brain, Charles Murray, cognitive psychologists, Coming Apart, Faith & Science, Jesse Bering, materialism, modernism, Nancy Pearcey, Neuroscience & Mind, post-modernism, Richard Dawkins, soul, Steven Pinker, Taking Religion Seriously, terminal lucidity, Threshold, verbal communication, Wall Street Journal
Pinker himself is fresh from getting a book tour Canceled by a humanist group. He’s apparently not one of the atheist heroes any more. Source
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24Oct 2025 by Post

For a Long Time, Dementia Was the New Leprosy

Alzheimer’s disease, bioethics, blood pressure, C. Everett Koop, cognitive impairment, death, delay, dementia, drug interactions, Ebola, euthanasia, grandchildren, grandmother, health conditions, Medicine, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, old-age home, prevention, Quebec, Resolve to Save Lives, Science Alert, Tessa Koumoundouros, The Formula for Better Health, Tibi Puiu, Tom Frieden, urinary tract infection, vitamin B12, Wall Street Journal, ZME Science, __featured3
I use the term “delay” rather than “prevention” for a reason: It may be that the human brain will inevitably start to break down after a century or so. Source
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18Sep 2025 by Post

For Criticizing Her Field, Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Gets Canceled by Her Institution

academic research, affiliation, cancel culture, conspiracy theorists, David Lindley, Eric Weinstein, Germany, Joe Rogan, John Horgan, Johns Hopkins University, language, paper mill, physics, Piers Morgan, pseudocience, Sabine Hossenfelder, Scientific Freedom, Sean Carroll, string theory, Team Cancel, tone policing, Wall Street Journal
Her parting words: “A lot of research [in] the foundations of physics is now pseudocience. It hasn't followed the scientific method for decades.” Source
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01Sep 2025 by Post

In Connecticut, Horrors of AI Finally Come into View

advisors, Artificial Intelligence, Bobby Zenith, California, ChatGPT, companionship, Computational Sciences, confidants, Connecticut, counselors, delusions, editing, emotional intelligence, empathy, employees, friends, guardrails, intimacy, John West, journalists, kindness, kitchen tips, liability, memory, mental health, mental illnesss, Microsoft, Microsoft AI, Microsoft Copilot, misconduct, murder-suicide, Mustafa Suleyman, New York City, Old Greenwich, OpenAI, recipes, Stein-Erik Soelberg, suicide, tech companies, Technology, Wall Street Journal, writing
A 56-year-old man, living with his mother in a wealthy New York suburb, developed a “friendship” with ChatGPT. Source
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20Aug 2025 by Post

Smithsonian Denigrates by Race, Including the Human Race

1 percent myth, American history, Casey Luskin, chimps, curator, delayed gratification, Dogs, genetics, human exceptionalism, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, human race, humans, humiliation, humility, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoo, Nature (journal), non-whites, pride, property, Protestant work ethic, rationality, Sean McDowell, self-hatred, self-reliance, Smithsonian Institution, The Golden Thread, Trump Administration, Wall Street Journal, whiteness, woke ideology
I have not yet heard that the Trump Administration is looking at what the NMNH says about human origins. But reforming the Smithsonian requites it. Source
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