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“Darwin’s Nightmare”: First Episode of YouTube Series with Lukas Ruegger 

Relatively brief videos have emerged as one of the most dynamic and influential forms of education out there. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design, Now in Polish

My book includes a chapter on quantum mechanics, called “The Supernatural Element in Nature.” Read More ›
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Photo: A lamprey, by M. Buschmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Nature Communications Retroactively Concedes a Lack of Evidence for Darwinian Gradualism

Explaining the origin of complex phenotypic novelty is the million-dollar question in evolutionary biology. Read More ›
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Photo: Elephant seals, San Simeon Beach, by David Coppedge.

The Elephant Seal in the Room

You’ve heard about salmon, whales, and sea turtles. Now learn what the clumsy-looking elephant seal accomplishes navigation-wise. Read More ›
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Navigating the Evolution Controversy on College Campuses

Casey Luskin and Nate Herbst discuss their experiences as students in science courses interacting with professors about evolution. Read More ›
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Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith: A Postscript

As is the case with the Biblical parables of Jesus, this one is entirely self-explanatory and needs no further comment from myself. Read More ›
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Application of ID: Leveraging Design Triangulation to Anticipate Biological Redundancy

In previous posts, I’ve covered how neo-Darwinism can make biological redundancy more confusing than it should be. Read More ›
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Photo: An ichneumon wasp, seen by Charles Darwin as a challenge to theism; by IronChris, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking

Charles Darwin himself exemplified the Argument from Pique, alluded to in past entries in this series, to a tee. Read More ›
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Darwin and the Swinging 1860s

The threat which such thinking posed to theistic beliefs was not lost on the Roman Catholic Church when Pope Pius IX convened the First Vatican Council of 1869. Read More ›
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Darwin and Theomachy

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) provides the closest chronological fit with Darwin. Read More ›

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