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2018

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Photo credit: analogicus, via Pixabay.

There You Go Again, Nathan Lents

“The human eye is a well-tread [sic] example of how evolution can produce a clunky design,” writes Professor Lents. Read More ›
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Image: Geppetto and Pinocchio, via Internet Archive Book Images (1904)/flickr.

Of Chromosome 2 and Puppet Propaganda

Biologist Darrel Falk, Senior Advisor for Dialogue at BioLogos, has a new video where he offers two views of the origin of human Chromosome 2. Read More ›
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Photo: Jeff Bezos directs Alexa to open Amazon Spheres in Seattle (screen shot), via CNBC.

No, Thanks, Jeff Bezos. I Do NOT Want Alexa Controlling My Home.

This is extremely creepy. Insisting on privacy is an aspect of what Wesley J. Smith calls human exceptionalism. Read More ›
Nicolas Rivron
Photo credit: © Nicolas Rivron, via Maastricht University.

Mouse Artificial Embryos: Human Experiments Next?

After going through the appearance of hand-wringing, I wouldn’t expect much of a problem if scientists said they really wanted to proceed. Read More ›
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Next Time I Need a Therapist, I’m Staying Away from Jeremy P. Shapiro

For remarkable blindness to his own “thinking errors,” Dr. Shapiro gets a prize. Read More ›
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Photo: A mantis shrimp, by Jens Petersen [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY 2.5], from Wikimedia Commons.

Mission Impossible: From the BioLogos Files

By all means, if they’re discovering new common ground with ID, warmly welcome these good people and thoughtful scientists aboard. Read More ›
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Photo: A peregrine falcon, by Alex Proimos [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Problem with “Bad Design” Arguments

In a physical world there will be design constraints, so it is only realistic to expect tradeoffs. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Little Mermaid statue, Copenhagen, by Charles Hutchins, via flickr.

Humans Are Not Evolving into Mermaids

Darwinists assert that humans are undergoing natural selection, too. Therefore, evolution is a fact. Read More ›
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Photo: Aleš Hrdlička, via Wikimedia Commons.

Meet Aleš Hrdlička, FDR’s Favorite Eugenicist

Darwin-inspired eugenics and racial pseudoscience are like some sort of insidious, and hideous, household pest. Read More ›

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