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Gregor Mendel
Photo: Gregor Mendel, via Sanjana Kadur, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: Mendel vs. Darwin

Unfortunately, acceptance of Darwinism hindered acceptance of Gregor Mendel’s great insights. Read More ›
elephant shrew
Photo: A round-eared elephant shrew, by Vassil, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Study: “Most of Our Evolutionary Trees Could Be Wrong”

This refutes one of the favorite talking points of popularizers of Darwinism like Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
stop light
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Science Stopper? Intelligent Design as a Fruitful Scientific Paradigm

When critics claim that research is not permitted to detect design because that would stop science, it is they who hold science back. Read More ›
Richard-Dawkins
Photo: Richard Dawkins, by Anders Hesselbom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Darwinian Theory Make the Same Predictions as Intelligent Design?

Richard Dawkins predicted that “a large fraction” of our genomes has no function, because, “The true ‘purpose’ of DNA is to survive, no more and no less." Read More ›
DNA
DNA
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Investigating the Evidence for Intelligent Design — in Biochemistry and Other Fields

Irreducible complexity and high CSI systems are found, indicating these systems were designed. Read More ›
Down House
Darwinian
Photo: Down House, home of Charles Darwin, by Mario Modesto [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

The Hamlet of Down House

Darwin began casting around in his mind for supplementary theories, sometimes going so far as to reconsider evolutionary thinking he had once firmly rejected. Read More ›
Cinderella
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Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect

Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation. Read More ›
CRISPR
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Sound the Alarm on Germline Genetic Editing

As Wesley Smith explains, it’s not just that germline editing could lead to unintended health consequences. Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Read More ›
Darwin's shoes
Photo: Detail of Darwin statue, Natural History Museum, London, by Rept0n1x (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Materialist Science as Paternalistic Propaganda

Any attempt to demonstrate the sheer untenability of Darwinian postulates is just met with an ever-closer circling of the wagons. Read More ›

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