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New Study Triggers Key Origin of Life Questions

The leap from non-life to life represents a huge jump in complexity and information, one that cannot be explained by reference to a stepwise, gradual process. Read More ›
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Father Martin Hilbert on Darwinism’s Fatal Flaws

Fr. Hilbert reveals that one of Darwin’s motives for conjuring his theory of natural selection was removing God from the picture. Read More ›
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

One reason, Dr. Denton says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. Read More ›
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Remembering Jonathan Wells, a Key Figure in the Intelligent Design Movement

When I spoke to Jonathan about the cost he paid in standing for his principles, he remarked that his decision to do prison time contained a blessing. Read More ›
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Is Assembling Life Like Assembling LEGOs?

Unfortunately, Sara Walker provides no clue as to what process does all the “constraining,” “funneling,” and “scaffolding.” Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro on the Origin of Life

Dr. Meyer explains how the OOL field reached an impasse by the 1980s as chemists learned just how thorny the origin of life problem really was. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Sea Scorpions Defy Darwinian Expectations

Wait, what? That's it? Mere speculation based on the fact that they found nothing! Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer on the Digital Information that Drives Life

There’s a significant shift underway, says Dr. Meyer. Darwinism is in trouble, and ID is attracting high-profile converts in the scientific community. Read More ›
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“That Is a Lot of Evolution”: Study Finds LUCA Required 2,600 Genes

One scientist commented, “LUCA was a very complex cell, with a genome similar to modern bacteria." Read More ›
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“Beyond Evolution”: Where James Tour and Stephen Meyer Disagree

When you plant an inert, seemingly dead thing — a seed — in the ground, and it grows to be a flower, what has just happened? Life has happened. But why? Read More ›

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