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Photo credit: 12019, via Pixabay.

Giraffe Weekend: “You Cannot Simply Stretch out the Neck”

The giraffe is one of those all-star icons of evolution, familiar from textbook covers, that falls apart on closer inspection. Read More ›
Michelangelo’s David
Photo: Michelangelo’s David, by Jörg Bittner Unna [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Two Views of Evolution, and Why They Don’t Mix

If he chose to, could God use a sandstorm to turn a block of marble into a representation of the human form that would put Michelangelo’s David to shame? Read More ›
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Genetics Leaves Central Dogma and Junk DNA in the Rear-View Mirror

Genetics is now a subset of epigenetics, in which multiple dynamic molecules play key roles in homeostasis.  Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and the Mysterious Origin of De Novo Genes

A final case where biologist Dennis Venema deals with evidence that is irrelevant to the existence of Adam and Eve is his claim about ORFan genes. Read More ›
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Darwinist David Barash Wants Us to Create “Humanzees”

Readers may recall that Barash, of the University of Washington, is the hubristic materialist who intentionally tries to destroy the religious faith of his students. Read More ›
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For U.K. Students, Education or Indoctrination?

A new study from Nature Ecology & Evolution supposedly shows that acceptance of evolution is linked to lack of scientific knowledge. Read More ›
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R.A. Fisher
Photo: Ronald A. Fisher, via Wikicommons.

Peer-Reviewed Science: A “Mathematical Proof of Darwinian Evolution” Is Falsified

Due to the tradition of professional scientific writing, major developments in scientific literature often arrive muffled in language so bland or technical as to be totally missed by a general reader. Read More ›
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Lysenkoism
Photo: Lysenko speaks, Stalin listens, via Wikicommons.

Darwinian Lysenkoism in America

As Lysenkoism enjoys a revival in Russia, it thrives here too. Read More ›
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Canaanite
Photo: Remains of an ancient Canaanite from Sidon, by Dr. Claude Doumet-Serhal, via Science Daily.

#2 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Clueless Reporters and Canaanite DNA

When science headlines tendentiously try to manipulate readers in order to slam the Bible, that’s fair game for us. Read More ›

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