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Ed Yong is a science journalist and usually he's a very good one. This time, however, he should have gotten the other side of the story....

I thought that people like Chuck Norris were big fans of the idea that America is the greatest country in the world. Apparently I was wrong....

Methodological Naturalism is an a priori argument in favor limiting science to investigations of the natural world. It serves to protect re...

I began this discussion a few days ago by questioning the purpose of some common philosophical arguments. The example I selected concerned t...

Last week's molecule was raltitrexid, an anti-cancer drug [ Monday's Molecule #183 ]. The winner was Raul A. Félix de Sousa. Raul h...

I try really hard not to ban anyone from commenting on Sandwalk but there are some things I will not tolerate. Someone named David Roemer...

John starts his defense by explaining the correct use of "begging the question." I agree with him 100%. I hate it when people misu...

There was a time, not so long ago, when science and philosophy coexisted in (relative) peace and harmony. This began to change when science ...

I been watching proceedings at the Republican National Convention in Florida. If you think it's annoying for most liberal Americans, ima...

The short video by Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") attracted a lot of attention [ Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Childr...

Tim Radford reviews The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins [ The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins – book review ]. The review is a bit late—the...

Jerry Coyne and I have been thinking along the same lines. We've been reading a lot of books by philosophers and reading their articles ...

A few years ago my university ( University of Toronto ) decided to take a look at student evaluations. A committee was formed and this was i...

Maybe it's just my imagination, but I think I detect a change on Evolution News & View and on Uncommon Descent . For years these bl...

Bill Nye is amazing.