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On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Read More ›
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Photo: Michel Egnor, by Heterodox Academy (screenshot).

An Evening with Michael Egnor at Cornell

The talk itself provides the basis for the Q&A, so it is worth listening to. But for a real treat, don’t miss the exchange afterward. It is golden. Read More ›
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When Can I Trust Scientists About Evolution?

The most commonly cited areas of evidence in favor of common ancestry include the fossil record and homology. Read More ›
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Anatomical structure of animal cell
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The Ingenious Cellular Structure that Keeps Us Alive

In the “just so” stories of the Darwinian narrative, these engineering solutions simply evolved. They emerged and got conserved. Voila! Read More ›
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For “Convergent Evolution,” Darwinists Offer Awkward Explanatory Tinkering

How clever of separate kingdoms of organisms to have figured all this out independently! Read More ›
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Sex: A Masterpiece of Intelligent Design

“If any of these aspects…were different or non-existent, then sexual reproduction couldn’t take place." Read More ›
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DNA sequencing result, visualisation. Researches in genetics
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Systems Biology and Intelligent Design: A Natural Fit

My optimism comes from how powerfully top-down design has succeeded in giving us the complex systems of the modern world. Read More ›
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With James Tour, I Have Been Assessing the Evidence for Evolutionary Innovation

The evidence that is most often presented in support of evolution (i.e., the fossil record and homology) fails to meet the criteria for providing confidence. Read More ›
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Sperm and egg cell. Natural fertilization. 3d illustration on red background
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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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Michael Levin: “Evolution by Natural Induction” (By What?)

Levin and his colleagues are unintimidated by those bullies who labor to forestall a crackup on the orthodox evolutionary team. Read More ›

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