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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bears, blowhole, body temperature, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, diving, dolphin, evolution, Indohyus, intelligent design, lungs, mammals, milk, nitrogen, sea lion, testes, whales}

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

_{Jonathan Wells
May 16, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, retina, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 15, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Good empirical science searches for explanations that fit the evidence. But another kind of “science” is committed to telling stories about unguided evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, fossil record, geological time, Henry Gee, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, phyla, punctuated equilibria, skeletons, Stephen Jay Gould, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words

_{Jonathan Wells
October 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Big Tech, Bryan Leonard, Caroline Crocker, Cassini mission, censorship, Darwinists, Dave Speijer, David Coppedge, evolution, free speech, George Mason University, Germany, government, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (series), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jonathan Wells, Nancy Bryson, Ohio State University, paradigms, religion, Roger DeHart, Saturn, scientific revolutions, Stuttgart, Thomas Kuhn}

Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

_{Jonathan Wells
October 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 12, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Altenberg 16, evolution, Gerd Müller, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (series), James Shapiro, London, neo-Darwinian theory, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Royal Society, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Vienna}

Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

_{Jonathan Wells
October 12, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

6}

A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 11, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, American Astronomical Society, Enlightenment, evolution, gravity, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (series), Isaac Newton, materialism, Myth of the Dark Ages, Nature (journal), The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

_{Jonathan Wells
October 11, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antoine Lavoisier, Darwinism, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, gravity, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (series), Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Denton, oxygen, paradigms, textbooks, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theology, Thomas Kuhn}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
August 16, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, Denis Noble, DNA, embryo, evolution, evolutionary biology, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, fruit flies, Gerd Müller, horse, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Wells, Neo-Darwinism, Royal Society, Susan Mazur, Third Way of Evolution, Why Evolution Is True, Zombie Science (book)}

Assessing Denis Noble’s (Non-ID) Critique of Darwinism

_{Jonathan Wells
August 16, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science

6}

No matter what we do to the DNA of a fruit fly embryo, there are only three possible outcomes: a normal fruit fly, a defective fruit fly, or a dead fruit fly. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, body plans, camouflage, caterpillars, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, evolution, humans, industrial melanism, larvae, Michael Majerus, New York Times, On the Origin of Species, organs, peppered moths, pollution}

Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

_{Jonathan Wells
May 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species. Read More ›