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2018

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Photo credit: 12019, via Pixabay.

Giraffe Weekend: “You Cannot Simply Stretch out the Neck”

The giraffe is one of those all-star icons of evolution, familiar from textbook covers, that falls apart on closer inspection. Read More ›
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Image: Dark finger reef crab (Etisus dentatus), an illustration from James Dana’s book Crustacea (1855), via Wikimedia Commons.

A Tendentious Appeal for Methodological Naturalism

Dawes and Smith say they’re simply describing (as a “matter of fact”) the history of science. Read More ›
Mars
Photo: Mars, by European Space Agency & Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research for OSIRIS Team [CC BY-SA 3.0-igo ], via Wikimedia Commons.

New Paper by Winston Ewert Demonstrates Superiority of Design Model

Winston Ewert’s results are a Copernican Revolution moment. Read More ›
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Photo: Fuxianhuia protensa, by Grahbudd at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Meet the Fuxianhuiids: Exploding Cambrian Arthropods

True arthropods are among the most sophisticated animals that appeared without ancestors in the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›
I won't debate
Photo credit: Forest runner, via Flickr.

Evolution and the “I Won’t Debate” Tactic

If the future of science is really at risk, then surely not debating evolution is folly.  Read More ›
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On German TV, an Interview with ID Proponent Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

The interview is very accessible to the non-scientist and, in my opinion, is one of the best discussions of the major issues in this debate I have ever heard. Read More ›
Tree of Life
Image: A traditional Tree of Life, via Wikimedia Commons.

BIO-Complexity Presents Better Model than Common Ancestry for Explaining Pattern of Nature

One of the central pillars of the standard evolutionary model is the belief that all living species evolved from a common ancestor through a gradually unfolding tree of life. Read More ›
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Photo: William Dembski, by László Bencze.

Dembski: Descartes Understood the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

The new Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence is deeply informed by the work of William Dembski. Read More ›

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