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Europa Clipper Delayed by Hurricane Milton, Frustrating Atheists

However desperate the hope for alien biology, how much of your money will they NOT spend to try to find it? Read More ›
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Image: An illustration of a Maori from the novel The Kip Brother, by Jules Verne, via Wikimedia Commons.

After Dawkins Is Canceled, What Comes Next?

Richard Dawkins recently objected to the idea that Māori myths should be taught in science class alongside the Big Bang. Read More ›
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Image at top: Kinesin at work in the cell, from "Kinesin: The Workhorse of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

Kinesins: Nanoscale Molecular Motors, Each Built for a Purpose

We have only skimmed the surface over the past four decades since the first kinesin motor was discovered in 1985. Read More ›
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Is the Human Shoulder Badly Designed?

Watch an acrobat performing on the parallel bars. Or a baseball player pitching a fastball. Or an athlete swimming the butterfly. Read More ›
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Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument. Read More ›
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Not with a Bang: How the New Atheism Fizzled

It didn’t help that Hitchens and Dennett are deceased. But what’s significant is that they were not replaced. Read More ›
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Photo: Jonathan Wells teaching at the 2018 Summer Seminar, Seattle, by Daniel Reeves.

A First Meeting with Jonathan Wells

When physicians express doubts about Darwin, we are quickly reminded of that famous remark of Theodosius Dobzhansky. Read More ›
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Photo: Galápagos finch, by Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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Photo: Galápagos land iguana, by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›
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From Puzzles to Prison: Jonathan Wells in His Own Words

We are receiving many emails expressing appreciation of him as a man, a thinker, a scientific investigator, a writer, a mentor, and a friend. Read More ›

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