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Tribrachidium heraldicum
Photo: Tribrachidium heraldicum from the Ediacaran period
, by Aleksey Nagovitsyn (User:Alnagov), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Precambrian House of Cards

Wow, that's cool, they not only found the elusive Ediacaran animals but even could unravel their genomes!? Read More ›
Tom Bethell
Tom Bethell
Photo: Tom Bethell, via Discovery Institute.

Our Friend, Tom Bethell

On February 12, 2021, Tom Bethell passed away at the age of 84 after a long illness. Read More ›
C. elegans
Photo: C. elegans, by HoPo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

To Build a Body Plan, Start with a Plan

What is a body plan if there is no plan behind it? It is not a body but a blob, a formless plop of biological matter. Read More ›
ID-Nutshell

Evolution & ID in a Nutshell — Going Strong One Year On

Andrew McDiarmid and Eric Anderson discuss both the praise and criticism the book has received. Read More ›
chimp
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Another “Junk DNA” Icon Bites the Dust

Casey Luskin examines a paper which argues that the famous beta-globin pseudogene is functional. Why is this pseudogene famous? Read More ›
hedgehog
Photo: A hedgehog, by Gibe, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Ruse on Purpose: A Conflicted Response

Whatever else might be said of Ruse and his work, like all his books this one is worth having on the shelf. Read More ›
flies in amber
Photo: Flies in amber, by Manukyan Andranik, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Ruse on Purpose: The Flies in the Ointment

Ruse’s chronological snobbery might be forgiven if the claims he makes for Darwinism can be unequivocally substantiated. Read More ›
Moses with the Tables of the Law
Image: Moses with the Tables of the Law, by Guido Reni, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Ruse: Darwin’s Hedgehog Searches for Purpose

For Ruse, “Darwin is like Moses” who “led his children [himself among them] to the Promised Land but never got there himself.” Read More ›
robot
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Futuristic Evolution by AI — The Darwin Connection

To evolutionists, whatever oversight humans achieved must have evolved, and will continue to evolve in our creations. Read More ›
Boeing_787_Roll-out
Photo: A Boeing 787, by I, Yasobara, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Two Reasons Why a Bad Theory Remains Popular

Science has been so successful explaining other phenomena in terms of purely unintelligent natural forces, why should evolution be so different? Read More ›

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