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Frederick Douglass
Photo: Frederick Douglass, by George Kendall Warren, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Frederick Douglass, Champion Abolitionist and Former Slave, on Evolutionary Racism

One wonders what kind of address Douglass would give on Darwin Day — falling tomorrow, February 12 — amidst Black History Month. Read More ›
French Revolution
Image: Liberty Leading the People, by Eugène Delacroix, via Wikimedia Commons.

Jonathan Wells: Scientific Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions

Thomas Kuhn argued from the history of science that reigning scientific paradigms do not give way gently and rationally before new and conflicting evidence. Read More ›
Ota Benga
Photo: African pygmy Ota Benga was displayed at the Bronx Zoo in 1906, in support of Darwinian theory, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out

February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin. Read More ›
MOLO RNA world
Image credit: Brian Gage.

RNA World in a World of Hurt

Cornelius Hunter and Eric Anderson spotlight admissions in scientific publications that it’s time to move on from the cherished but embattled RNA World. Read More ›
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human origins
Photo: Skull fragment, Homo erectus, by Commie cretan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Misconceptions about Misconceptions: Examining a Citation of My Work

The citation is to one of my earliest writings on the topic of human origins, an article I published in an old ID journal. Read More ›
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Lincoln, Darwin, and ID in a Nutshell

The comparison between Lincoln and Darwin is noteworthy. The words of the former are immortal, of the latter...increasingly evident in their mortality. Read More ›
iguana
Photo: Galápagos marine iguana, by Datune at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Academic Article Correcting Misconceptions about Evolution Promotes Misconceptions about ID

It’s good to be back at Discovery Institute. Even after my fives years away, I see that some things remain unchanged. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

No Free Lunch for Darwin — The AI Case Against Blind Evolution

Why won’t some scientists admit the information and intelligent design inherent in evolutionary computing? Read More ›
blindfolded
Photo credit: Romain Morel via Unsplash.

A Mousetrap for Blind Evolution, and Larry Moran

Michael Behe also discusses recent research confirming Dollo’s Law, and why that’s bad news for Darwinism. Read More ›
Lupinus pilosus
Photo: Lupinus pilosus, by Zachi Evenor, cropped by User:MathKnight, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Flowering Plants and Common Descent

If this accurately reflects the argument in the primary research paper, it provides a beautiful example of common descent as axiomatically true. Read More ›

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