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Sex: A Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

Sexual reproduction is a seeming waste of resources producing little or no short-term advantages. Read More ›
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In Biology, Replacing Chance with Purpose Is the New Paradigm

The history of science begins largely in Western Europe with the overthrow of Thomistic Aristotelianism by René Descartes. Read More ›
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New Paper Has Bad News for Popular “Oxygen Theory” of the Cambrian Explosion

The technical paper acknowledges that this level of oxygenation, if sustained, would indeed “challenge the view” that oxygen was a trigger for animal evolution. Read More ›
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“My Public Education Was Ruined,” Weeps Dover High Grad

A bit melodramatic, perhaps? Attorney and geologist Casey Luskin, who was present for part of the Dover trial, has this to say. Read More ›
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Experts, Non-Experts, and the Wrong Experts

Philosopher of science Elay Shech gives RFK Jr. grief for a statement back in August that “Science is always evolving.” Read More ›
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Hidden or Revealed? Two New Guides for the Perplexed

As many already know, the beloved podcaster Scott Adams, beset by cancer, is wavering on death’s portal. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin and Professor Steve Fuller on the Rich Tradition of Intelligent Design

Dr. Fuller describes a historical understanding where modern science originated from a theological foundation. Read More ›
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The Strongest Argument for Intelligent Design Is Also the Simplest

“Those are just the skulls,” I protested. “The outside of my 1980s PC looks pretty similar to the frame of my new HP computer." Read More ›
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Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

Is the world a good place? Is truth relative? Can beauty be defined? David Klinghoffer talks with Dr. Ann Gauger. Read More ›
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Olfaction in Three Dimensions: Introducing the Nasal Cycle

Besides the nose helping the mouth to bring in air, it also screens out dust and pollutants, while warming and adding water to prepare it for the lungs. Read More ›

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