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Darwin Tree
Image: Darwin’s Tree (1837), a sketch from his First Notebook on Transmutation of Species, via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Tree-Like Data Refute Intelligent Design?

Computer scientist Winston Ewert applied the concept of “common design” to propose a “dependency graph” model of organismal relationships. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Richard Dawkins, by Magnus Norden (151212035) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Phylogenetic Conflict Is Common and the “Hierarchy” Is Far from “Perfect”

It’s simply false for Dawkins to claim that when you compare genes of different animals, they “fall on a perfectly hierarchy — a perfect family tree.” Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, plaster relief by A. Bruce-Joy, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

While you are putting away all your white clothing until next summer, take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Read More ›
Dawkins
Dawkins
Photo credit: Fronteiras do Pensamento [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Read More ›
Tesla factory
Tesla factory
Photo: Tesla factory, by Steve Jurvetson / CC BY.

“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Short Answer

You don't have time to give a 30-minute answer outlining the different meanings of the word "evolution" and the evidence pro and con for each. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: Reimund Bertrams via Pixabay.

Hierarchical Systems in Biology — DNA Packaging

It is hard to fathom that such a highly complex, hierarchical mechanism of information storage on a microscopic scale could come about purely by chance. Read More ›
Veritasium
Image source: Veritasium on YouTube (screenshot).

More Fantastic Molecular Machine Videos from Wehi

I’m not claiming that these video creators support intelligent design. Frankly, I have no idea where they stand. Read More ›
Jeremy England
Image: Jeremy England lectures in Stockholm, via YouTube.

Unbelievable Conversation about the Origin of Life

Physicist Brian Miller and host Eric Anderson explore a recent conversation between physicists Jeremy England and Paul Davies. Read More ›
Phiomicetus anubis
Image credit: Robert W. Booessenecker, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionary Imagination and Belief Drive False Claims of a “Four-Legged Whale”

Perhaps this organism had four legs. Perhaps it had flippers. Perhaps it was closely related to whales. Perhaps it has nothing to do with whales. Read More ›
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Photo credit: PhotoCave, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Purifying Bad Results: How Origin-of-Life Researchers Cheat via “Relay Synthesis”

This is not a question of scale — even if the “chemist’s flask” were the entire Earth. Read More ›

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