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Joshua Swamidass
Photo: Joshua Swamidass, by permission of Dr. Swamidass.

Critic of Intelligent Design Acknowledges: “Bad Design” Arguments Don’t Work

It’s good to be able to report progress. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Dwergenpaartje [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

Still More Excuses for Cambrian Non-Evolution

Trilobites look up silently from their Burgess Shale rock slabs, with sad eyes, asking, “Where did I come from?” Read More ›
Charles Lyell
Photo: Charles Lyell, by John & Charles Watkins [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin, Wallace, Lyell — A Dispute at the Origins of Evolutionary Theory

Contrary to popular and media myths, Darwin’s view of evolution faced from its beginning opposition and criticism from scientists that have never gone away. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Biology classroom, U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gustavo Castillo.

Smithsonian Misrepresents Evolution to AP Biology Students

Basically, it’s a how-to guide for sugarcoating evolutionary dogma in the science classroom. Read More ›
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Image: From the trailer for The Blob (screenshot), by Paramount Pictures [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

From Darwin’s Rhapsody, to The Blob

A friend recommends this passage from biologist Wayne Rossiter’s book Shadow of Oz for its delightful analogy. Read More ›
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Photo credit: stevepb, via Pixabay.

Omega-3 Nutrition Pioneer Tells How He Saw Irreducible Complexity in Cells 40 Years Ago

It wasn’t until Jorn Dyerberg encountered ID researchers like Michael Behe that he gave it that name. Read More ›
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Photo: Down House, home of Charles Darwin, by Mario Modesto [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

Darwinian Faith and Fetish

Andrew Berry, the Harvard biologist who conducts a Darwin pilgrimage each year for undergraduates to Darwin-related sites in England, responds to my recent post. Read More ›
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Photo: Breast cancer cell, via National Cancer Institute.

Does Cancer Disprove Intelligent Design?

Is it true, as one critics says, that “cancer regularly innovates with proteins of novel function”? Read More ›
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Photo: A student gains “hands-on” experience with DNA with an inexpensive BioBits kit, by Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

Biomimetics Moves STEM Education in an Intriguing Direction

An initiative by a major biomimetics lab to prepare students for careers in STEM introduces them to biological coding. Read More ›
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Photo credit: A statue of Darwin as a young man was commissioned at Christ’s College, Cambridge University, to celebrate the Darwin bicentenary in 2009, with Prince Philip immediately to the right of Darwin. Photo by fortheloveofknowledge [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

A Darwinian Pilgrimage

Darwin still has some cachet among design advocates. In this I differ from some of my friends and colleagues. Read More ›

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