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James Tour
origin of life
Photo: James Tour in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

Tour, Miller: Cells, and Life, from a Design Perspective

The conversation turns to the challenge and necessity of quickly evolving error-correction mechanisms in origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›
Myoglobin
Image: Detail from the structure of myoglobin, by →AzaToth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Protein Folding Breakthrough: Evolution or Design?

DeepMind, the AI company that beat human Go gamers with AlphaGo, has made progress in solving the protein folding problem. But who deserves the credit? Read More ›
mind
Photo credit: Norbert Kundrak, via Unsplash.

Consciousness Shows that Materialism Is False

My friend and colleague Bill Dembski, a leading advocate of intelligent design of the universe and life forms, has done a superb short interview. Read More ›
animal embryo
Photo: Some believe microfossils could be animal embryos; by Sebastian Willman, via EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/248210.php?from=483256

First Animals? Fossils Won’t Fit Cambrian Evolution

Evolutionists are still fighting over the first animals. Each new fossil creates new questions, but there is one constant: bluffing that Darwinism is true. Read More ›
machine
Photo credit: Philipp Potocnik via Unsplash.

Listen: Tour and Miller on the Engines We Can’t Live Without

Also in this surprisingly accessible mix — feedback loops, physicist Jeremy England, and much more. Read More ›
Red-pea gall
Red-pea gall of gall wasp Cynips divisa (agamous generation) on oak leaf. In the autumn the galls turn brownish. The hole in the gall (below) indicates that the gall wasp has already left its home. Others leave it in springtime.

Plant Galls and Evolution: A Neglected Study

In my new contribution, I restrict myself to important facets of the historical side of plant gall research. Read More ›
lab mouse
Photo credit: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Has Neuroscience “Proved” that the Mind Is Just the Brain?

Yale's Steven Novella has been trying to sell his materialist ideology in the guise of neuroscience for more than a decade. Read More ›
Michael Behe
Photo: Michael Behe speaking at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Excerpt: A Reply to Michael Ruse

Let me tell a little story about blood clotting, Russell Doolittle, and Michael Ruse. Read More ›
Tour in Science Uprising
origin of life
Photo: James Tour in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

See It Now: James Tour and Brian Miller on Explaining the Origin of Life

They cover abiogenesis and “Natural Selection of the Gaps,” systems biology, design triangulation, whether life could arise anywhere without design, and more. Read More ›
mousetraps
Photo: Mousetraps, by Tom, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Behe: Battle of the Mousetraps

Behe used the common mousetrap to illustrate irreducible complexity, showing how various mechanical contrivances need all of their main parts to function. Read More ›

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