About the Author: For the last 28 years Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig has been working on mutation genetics at the University of Bonn and the Max-Planck-Institute für Züchtungsforschung in Cologne (Bonn 7 years, Cologne 21 years).The present article represents his personal opinion on the topic and does not reflect the opinion of his former or present employer. The author, not a fellow Read More ›
Original Article The world should pay close attention to the Group of Eight summit this weekend in Russia because it will give us a good sense of our energy and environmental future. As this is the first year of full Russian membership in the elite club of industrialized democracies, this year’s summit is hosted by Russia, which has chosen the Read More ›
It makes no obvious difference to our salvation whether the geometry of our universe is Euclidian, whether quantum mechanics is the last word in atomic physics, or whether the Big Bang is the correct model for the development of the universe. These theories witness to the power of the human intellect, but few would claim that they bear on questions Read More ›
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Original Article In Kansas, in recent months, there has been much discussion about the theory of evolution versus the theory of Intelligent Design. The discussion has become quite intense with the proponents of evolution claiming that Intelligent Design theorists were attempting to bring theology and philosophy into the science laboratory. Last week, in this space, I discussed the relationship between Read More ›
Original Article When Adolf Eichmann was on trial in Jerusalem, his attorney, Robert Servatius, insisted that Eichmann had not really borne responsibility for “killings by gas, and similar medical matters.” Judge Halevi thought that this reference to killings by gas as a “medical matter” must have been a slip of the tongue. No, replied Servatius: “It was indeed a medical Read More ›
Original Article Opponents of “intelligent design” are naturally quite cock-a-hoop about their victory in the Dover, Pa., school board case. The board had proposed to have a short statement read in classes on evolution, saying that evolution was a theory rather than an established fact, and that students should be aware that there was an alternative theory, which asserted that Read More ›
Original Article The definition of “creationism” has become cloudier with a federal judge’s decision last Dec. 20 that barred mention of “intelligent design” theory when schools treat evolution —- a ruling that’s likely to affect disputes in Georgia, Kansas, Ohio and elsewhere. Most Americans are creationists in the sense of belief in God as the Creator taught by Christianity, Islam Read More ›
CHARLES DARWIN offered a sweeping explanation for the origin of species, but much of the evidence that might have confirmed his theory remains lost in the past. Since yesterday was Darwin Day, the 197th anniversary of his birth, it might be the moment to review this topic. Darwin hoped we’d discover evolutionary precursors to the animals of the Cambrian explosion, Read More ›
The courts opinion in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District declares, Both Defendants and many of the leading proponents of ID make a bedrock assumption which is utterly false. Their presupposition is that evolutionary theory is antithetical to a belief in the existence of a supreme being and to religion in general. The court speaks repeatedly of this false duality Read More ›