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2018

Radboud University
Image source: Radboud University, via YouTube (screen shot).

More Information Found in DNA: The Shape Code

Researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands made “a remarkable discovery” about a protein named Polycomb that binds to DNA. Read More ›
David Gelernter
Photo: David Gelernter, by Doc Searls (Flickr: 2010_08_05_techonomy_154) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Great Minds: Medved and Gelernter on Human Exceptionalism, American Exceptionalism

The human mind is exceptional in the universe as the United States is exceptional on the face of the Earth. Read More ›
Workhorse of the Cell
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Image source: “The Workhorse of the Cell: Kinesin,” via Discovery Institute.

Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machines

René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›
Irish protesters
Photo: Irish protesters in favor abortion referendum, by Katenolan1979 [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Medical Conscience Crisis Comes to Ireland

This is not only authoritarian — shattering the guarantees of religious liberty in virtually all existing human-rights accords — but could cause a significant brain drain. Read More ›
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Astonished and Amused by Lamoureux’s (Mis)Take on Intelligent Design

It’s always unfortunate when people misconstrue or misrepresent other people. Read More ›
Paris Resort
Photo: Paris Resort, Las Vegas, by suyashdixit, via Pixabay.

See Human Zoos in Las Vegas at FreedomFest!

It’s not, how shall I say this, an audience guaranteed to be sympathetic to a critique of Darwinism and its social impact, even one as thoroughly researched and accurately told as this. Read More ›
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Bioethicists to the People: “Obey Us!”

Udo Schuklenk is furious at the public backlash against the forced removal of life support from Alfie Evans in the U.K. Read More ›
Denis Lamoureux
Photo: Denis Lamoureux debating with Stephen Meyer and Lawrence Krauss, University of Toronto, via YouTube (screen shot).

On Hominid Fossils and Universal Common Ancestry, Denis Lamoureux Distorts

Lamoureux is the theistic evolutionist who left an indelible impression a couple of years ago when he debated Stephen Meyer and atheist Lawrence Krauss. Read More ›
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Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano

James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science. Read More ›
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Image: Ebola virus, by CDC Global [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: Reviewing Infinity War — And What’s That Got to Do with Intelligent Design?

Evolutionary ecologist Eric Pianka has mused about a dramatic culling of the human race, by 90 percent, courtesy of the “efficient” Ebola virus. Read More ›

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