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Complex Programmed Behaviors — Intelligently Designed

Some discriminators don’t get us very far in deciding which is the better explanation between blind evolution and intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: A katydid, by Evolution News.

Hear This: Cricket Ears Evolved Like Vertebrate Ears

These findings challenge Darwinism because species that are clearly unrelated by common ancestry employ common engineering principles. Read More ›
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Photo: Pakicetus, by Kevin Guertin from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

To Shave a Cow: Sternberg on Whale Evolution

That evolution, over a span of 11 million years or so, was once hailed as a “poster child” for the confirmation of Darwinian theory. 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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Ever Thought You Could Change Someone’s Mind?

Iain was a diehard atheist from the United Kingdom. "I absolutely knew that I would never believe in a creator. It was inconceivable to me," he recalls. Read More ›
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Axe’s Not-So-Secret Guide to Making Cookies and Dragonflies

Why do so many academic biologists and other scholars resist the design implications of Doug Axe’s research? Read More ›
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The Miracle of Spiderwebs

Spiders are another of nature’s master engineers. About half of known spider species (order Araneae) construct webs made of silk. Read More ›
Bryozoa
Photo: Fossil bryozoans from the Upper Ordovician, by Wilson44691, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

More Cambrian Woes for Evolution

New fossils continue to put pressure on the evolutionary narrative of gradualism. Read More ›
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Animal Algorithms — Webinar on Thursday with Eric Cassell, Casey Luskin

Charles Darwin conceded that such instincts are “so wonderful” that their origin would strike many as “a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.” Read More ›
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What Is Intelligent Design and How Should We Defend It?

Intelligent design is a scientific theory that holds that many features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause. Read More ›

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