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Australopithecus-africanus
Photo: Skull of "Mrs. Ples," by José Braga; Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Casey Luskin Debunks a Museum’s Evolutionary Propaganda

Luskin and host Eric Anderson call evolutionary theory to task for being overly supple, offering just-so stories to explain a behavior AND its opposite. Read More ›
atmosphere
Photo credit: NASA.

Will AI “Own the World”? Robert J. Marks Talks with Laura Ingraham

In response to those who believe AI will take over the world, Marks says, "Look at history." Read More ›
Hemiphlebiidae
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Fossil Damselflies Challenges Darwinism

In the hard sciences such explanations that can explain everything and rule out no possible observations are usually considered empirically empty and worthless. Read More ›
African savannah
Photo: African savannah, by Javier Puig Ochoa, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Human Psychology Better Explained by Evolution or Design?

“We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›
turtle ant
Photo: Cephalotes atratus, a turtle ant, by Eduardo Estrada, Wildlife & Conservation Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ant Navigation Fascinates Engineers

Eric Cassell asks, “How did these complex programmed behaviors originate?” The question deserves a better answer than, “They evolved.” Read More ›
ss-pearcey
Photo credit: John West.

Nancy Pearcey on the Politics of Darwinism, Then and Now

The problem with wedding Darwinism and theism is that ultimately it turns one’s understanding of God into something that is largely private and subjective. Read More ›
Alien_in_a_UFO_Cartoon
Image credit: Joe Wos, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Doctor’s Diary: The Other Intelligent Designer(s)?

Who thought of a clotting cascade just in case there’s bleeding? Who thought of an antibody system? Read More ›
Junk DNA
Photo credit: Gary Chan via Unsplash.

In “Junk DNA,” Here Are Benefits of Seeking Function

You wouldn’t toss out all the punctuation in a book as “junk ABC” now, would you? Punctuation has a function. Read More ›
Olufemi Oluniyi
Photo: Olufemi Oluniyi, via Discovery Institute.

My Friend Olufemi Oluniyi and Darwin’s Legacy in Nigeria

Olufemi opened my eyes and heart to the importance of Nigeria to Africa, the dynamic role of Christians there, and the importance of Africa to the world. Read More ›
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
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When Darwinism Came to Africa, Horrors Ensued

Olufemi Oluniyi tells the story of Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, who, guided by Social Darwinism, “sought to produce a race of super-soldiers for Stalin’s army.” Read More ›

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