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Image: Moses shatters the tablets, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwinism and the “Ten Disenchantments”

There’s no doubt that the confrontation with Darwinian evolution in the 19th century stole much of the confidence of traditional faith leaders. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Hongtao Chen, Princeton University (screen shot), via EurekAlert!

Princeton Researchers Watch “Junk DNA” at Work

In “real time” they show the function of an enhancer in switching a gene from off to on. Read More ›
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Image: A "flying frog," illustration from The Malay Archipelago, by Alfred Russel Wallace, via Wikimedia Commons.

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Greatest Journey

Wallace’s formulation of evolution was quite incompatible with Darwin’s. His theory might be called intelligent evolution. Read More ›
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Image credit: Stevebidmead, via Pixabay.

Jay Richards: Machines Aren’t Us, and They Aren’t Replacing Us

Science fiction tantalizes — and pundits terrorize — with images of intelligent machines taking over for humans. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ddouk, via Flickr. 

For This Physicist, “Overthrowing” Darwinism Is on the Table

ID is a rival theory, a scientific theory, doing the normal work that scientific ideas must do to supplant a currently dominant idea. Read More ›
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Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Outsider: Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era

As I asked in a previous post: Why is Alfred Russel Wallace today a comparatively little known figure next to Darwin? Read More ›
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Photo credit: Republica, via Pixabay.

Geneticist: On Human-Chimp Genome Similarity, There Are “Predictions” Not “Established Fact”

Richard Buggs gives us a look inside the sausage factory where figures on the subject are calculated. Read More ›
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Image: Closer look at the spliceosome, by Alessandra Magistrato, via Eurekalert!

Inside the Machine Room of the Nucleus

The nucleus is a beehive of activity, where information is not just stored but processed, protected, transcribed, and duplicated by highly complex machines. Read More ›

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