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MIchael Behe

“Compelling,” “Thorough”: Biochemist Russell Carlson on Behe’s Mousetrap

"Over the years Behe has received a mountain of criticism, all of which has been answered by him in letters to the editors of journals, newspapers, and blogs." Read More ›
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Photo: Charles Darwin, in a scene from The War on Humans (screenshot).

Listen: Darwinism, Bioethics, and Human Rights

Wesley Smith explains why we need to take the threat of the anti-humanism movement seriously. Read More ›
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Biologist Raymond Bohlin on Behe’s Mousetrap: “This Collection Is a Treasure”

Says biologist Raymond Bohlin, the book is a "gift to anyone passionately interested in biological origins and the debate over Darwinism and design." Read More ›
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Preview: James Tour Asks Brian Miller About Ice, Entropy, and the Origin of Life

Dr. Tour wants to know: "This is the origin of life. How did that first living system form?" Read More ›
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Excerpt: Darwinism and Design

Much of the difficulty here arises in the differing standards that different disciplines have for what constitutes an “explanation.” Read More ›
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Missing the Point: Codes Are Not Products of Physics (Updated)

Elaborate schemes to explain the origin of the genetic code from the laws of physics and chemistry miss the whole point about codes. Read More ›
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Determinism: “An Irrational Rejection of Evidence”

German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder takes even human choices to be merely an illusory experience. Read More ›
Opabinia regalis
Image: Opabinia regalis, a creature from the Cambrian seas, by Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.ca/), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ixnay on the Ambriancay Plosionexhay

Shhh — don’t say it. The geological event, well, not “event,” as in something that happened about 541 million years ago...we don’t talk that way anymore. Read More ›
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Matti Leisola: Michael Behe “Opened My Eyes”

To say that a writer "opened your eyes," and to something as profound as the design of life, is a fantastic tribute. Read More ›
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Photo: Medium tree finch, by Jody O'Connor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Darwin’s Finches”: Galápagos Islands as an Evolutionary Model

Taking the facts and arguments presented together, it appears to be clear that no macroevolution is happening in “Darwin’s finches.” Read More ›

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