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“Irreducible Complexity” in the News

In a loose sense, America may be “irreducibly complex” but NPR sure is not. And “diverse”? America is, but NPR certainly isn’t.  Read More ›
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Ignorance of Evolutionary Theory as a “Superpower”

Early in her career, Celeste Nelson tried to publish a paper on chicken lung development. The reviewers were not very interested in her findings. Read More ›
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Synergies All the Way Down 

Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth.  Read More ›
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Does a Suboptimal Panda’s Thumb Fit Better with Evolution than with Intelligent Design?

Just how much does evolution expect suboptimal structures? And just how much does intelligent design expect optimal ones? Read More ›
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The War on 2 + 2 = 4

The people weighing in against 2 + 2 = 4 are not mathematicians but in education departments where they teach the teaching of mathematics. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: New Study Confirms “Feathered Dinosaurs” Were Secondarily Flightless Birds

Darwinists may have to say goodbye to some cherished assumed transitional forms and the evolutionary just-so stories built upon them. Read More ›
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“Creation Myths” Misquotes and Misrepresents Junk DNA Video

Our video backs up what it says with clear quotes and references. We’ve provided more documentation here. Read More ›
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New Long Story Video Tackles “A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA”

Something happened in 2012 that changed the entire debate in favor of the ID-based prediction that DNA would be largely functional. Read More ›
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A Reckoning for Darwinism as “Junk DNA” Flops

As a product of care and intention, the genome ought to be comparable in a way with products of human genius, with every detail there for a reason. Read More ›
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Michael Behe: A Mousetrap for Darwin

The Lehigh University biochemist answers misconceptions about irreducible complexity, and responds to the claim that “molecular machines” is a misnomer. Read More ›

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