The notion that many genes would be required for the Cambrian explosion may seem unsurprising — what probably is surprising is that anyone would challenge the idea that the Cambrian animals required new genes. After Darwin's Doubt came out, ID-critics actually doubled-down on their claims that the Cambrian animals didn't require new genes! How's that working out for them?

Stephen Meyer sat down with Against The Tide’s star, Oxford mathematician John Lennox, to talk about Lennox’s life and his thoughts on the ultimate question: Does the universe bear a “stamp” indicating the guidance of a designing intelligence? Lennox’s answer is yes.

Scientific American reports on a Bayesian approach to an interesting question: do we live in “base reality” or a computer simulation? They give it odds of about fifty-fifty either way.

Here is a Darwinist with a fair and clear-headed understanding of the intellectual and spiritual stakes in the evolution debate. Or rather, some of the stakes. Jamie Milton Freestone concludes that evolution, if you do think about it seriously, probably can’t be reconciled with religious belief.

Those who hold minority opinions argue that the consensus should not be worshipped but questioned. At a time when free speech faces increasing pressure from social media, traditional media, and other power centers, sometimes in the name of the “consensus,” minorities know well the power of groupthink.

We are expanding our staff, adding a new Education and Outreach Coordinator to work with Daniel Reeves, who will be stepping up to the role of Education and Outreach Director. This is a junior-level but important position. We’ll be delighted to welcome the right person as a new colleague.