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Photo: Fossil water lily, Lower Cretaceous of Brazil, by G. Bechly.

Fossil Friday: New Study Confirms Discontinuities in the History of Plants

I have elaborated on the sudden appearance of flowering plants in the Lower Cretaceous, which was called an “abominable mystery” by Charles Darwin. Read More ›
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The Incredible Design of Muscles

At the very least, on the supposition of intelligent design, the existence of muscles is not particularly surprising. Read More ›
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Why Evolutionary Biologists Are “Fatigued” by Darwin

Says Stephen Meyer, “The neo-Darwinian math is itself showing that the neo-Darwinian mechanism cannot build complex adaptations." Read More ›
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Paper Digest: A Robot Is Built Using Cockroach Biomimicry

The understanding of what it takes to build complex systems sheds light on the causal hurdles that would be necessary for evolutionary processes to overcome. Read More ›
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Paper Digest: Biomimicry Uses the Design of Biological Organisms to Improve Human Technology

Throughout this paper, Stuart Burgess emphasizes the supremacy of natural systems over human-engineered ones. Read More ›
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Terminology Tuesday: Meyer Asks, “What Is Science? Is Intelligent Design Science?”

If you thought the answer was simple, try a Google search, which gives a dizzying array of definitions. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

First, Dr. Hedin discusses the problem of natural evils like earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and other natural disasters. Read More ›
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Evolutionist Jerry Coyne Has a Puzzling View on Hamas

The moral atrocity committed by Hamas seems not to have diminished Professor Coyne’s passion for atheism, determinism, and free will denial. Read More ›
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Darwinism Needs Laws to Look Scientific; Cronin and Hazen Stand Ready to Serve

Desperate to justify their worldview as legitimate, some Darwinians are making up new “laws of nature” to appear smiling inside the big tent of science. Read More ›
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Animal-Rights Philosopher, Published by Oxford University Press: “Let Animals Vote!”

If you want to see what is going so badly wrong in society, read the professional and intellectual journals. Read More ›

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