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pocket watch
Photo: Pocket watch, an image Wikipedia links with intelligent design because it’s meant to suggest an association with William Paley and the antiquated “watchmaker analogy”; by Hannes Grobe (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

On ID, Myth Persists that Wikipedia Is Reliable, though Co-Founder Has Called It “Appallingly Biased”

I was reminded of this by an exchange today on Twitter, or X, or however somebody “rebrands” it tomorrow. Read More ›
marrellomorph
Photo: A marrellomorph from the Fezouata Formation, by Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionists Spin the Cambrian Explosion — But Alas, All in Vain

Fossils are great; the more the better. Experience from spectacular discoveries assures us that no surprises will change Charles Darwin's own cause for doubt. Read More ›
Ford Model T
Photo credit: ModelTMitch, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Other Unsolved Problem of Evolution

"With all our advanced technology, we are not close to producing human-engineered self-replicating machines." Read More ›
Darwin's finches
Image: Darwin's finches, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Evolution Taught Fairly in Textbooks? A High School Senior Investigates

Daniel Reeves speaks with a recent high school graduate named Natalie about her senior year research project. Read More ›
E. coli bacteria
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Irreducibly Complex, Bacterial Cell Wall Manufacture Is an Evolutionary Enigma

Evolutionary processes cannot select for some future utility that is only realized after passing through a maladaptive intermediate. Read More ›
DNA Structure
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James Tour and Stephen Meyer Bring Clarity to Origin of Life Debate

“What is being simulated is the need for intelligent agency to move simple chemicals in a life-friendly direction,” says Meyer. Read More ›
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Photo: An image from Human Zoos, via Discovery Institute.

Richard Weikart on Racism, Darwinism, and Christianity

If living things are only the result of chance processes, does human life have any intrinsic value? Read More ›
clathrin cage
Photo: Clathrin cage, by Mazuraan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Cell Vesicles Wear Sophisticated Coats, Defying Unguided Evolutionary Explanations

These coats, and the accessory proteins that build them, attach them to vesicles, and disassemble them, exhibit irreducible complexity. Read More ›
Eozoon
Photo credit: Wilson44691, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Eozoön, the Dawn Animal Fallen from Grace

In modern paleontology it is still a very common phenomenon that fossils are over-interpreted by the scientists and over-hyped in the media. Read More ›
Tetrahymena thermophila
Image: Tetrahymena thermophila, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life

A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization. Read More ›

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