Recent research from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) continues to highlight how evolutionary theory influenced scientists to foolishly conclude that DNA in organisms not used to code for proteins (termed “non-coding” DNA) is useless “junk.” A press release highlighted an OIST scientist’s paper published in Nature Communications that identified a specific genomic region that is...

Pessimists such as myself are seldom startled by realizing things are worse than they’d supposed. It happened to me recently, though. I was in a conversation with my pastor when the unhappy thought jolted me: “Maybe people don’t know that having an unfalsifiable position is an intellectual defect!” In other words, if you take a position that can’t be proved...

Two new peer-reviewed studies are showing a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The drop is seen in all groups, including older patients and those with underlying conditions, suggesting that physicians are getting better at helping patients survive their illness. Source: COVID-19 Death Rates Are Going Down, And Not Just Among The Young And Healthy : Shots –...

By now, you’ve likely heard that a flawed computer model helped spur governments to order population-wide lockdowns in response to the coronavirus. The model didn’t show that lockdowns would help. It assumed that they would. Source: The Idea for Lockdowns Started With a High School Science Project | The Stream

A new study found that a third of excess deaths in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic could not be directly attributed to the coronavirus. Source: One-third of excess deaths in US during pandemic were not due to the coronavirus: Study

In the 21st century, hallmark American and international institutions have lost much of their prestige and respect. Source: Destroying the Institutions We Inherited

President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election. Source: Trump says he and first lady tested positive for coronavirus

“You better put on your mask or you’ll catch COVID and die!” Source: I Received the Vaccine…and a Lecture

The massive fires raging in California are being blamed squarely on climate change. Alongside ominous photographs of orange skies, the front page of the Sunday Los Angeles Times blared: “California’s Climate Apocalypse.” Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom says the cause is climate change. Anyone who thinks differently, he insists, is in denial. Source: Sorry, solar panels won’t stop California’s fires

I know there are lots of Americans who are weary of vaccines for any number of reasons that aren’t worth going into here. Needless to say, most of those reasons are not grounded in reality. (You’re free to disagree in the comments, if you simply can’t get past this point.) But vaccines work. How many people with polio do you...