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Appreciating the Irreducible Complexity of the Human Foot

In the fossil record there are no transitional forms between the arched feet of humans and the flat feet of apes. Read More ›
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Paper Defends Spoken Language in Homo erectus

The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size. Read More ›
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Fascinating Hypothesis from Weinstein: Repetitive “Junk” DNA Stores Integer Variables

This opens up a world of potential functions for repetitive DNA that open-minded scientists can consider. Read More ›
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Listen: Stuart Burgess Details Examples of Your Body’s Ultimate Engineering

He’ll relate the time he and famed biologist Richard Dawkins debated, and he’ll remind us why we are all qualified to evaluate scientific theories of origins. Read More ›
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Yet Another Demonstration that Life’s Origin Required an Intelligent Agent

James Tour and Rob Stadler explain why an RNA even remotely similar to QT45 could never have formed on the early Earth. Read More ›
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Friends in High Places: Prince Charles and Others

The prince’s criticism of evolutionary theory did cause quite a stir in the national press in the UK. Read More ›
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Framing a Finely Tuned Response to a Chorus of Critical “Carrollers”

Using Sean Carroll’s criticisms of the fine-tuning argument as a general guide, I propose to address objections to that argument. Read More ›
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Platonic Minds: How Stuart Burgess’s Ultimate Engineering Challenges Maverick Biologist Michael Levin

Levin faces a measure problem analogous to that in cosmology, resulting from the optimality of biological designs. Read More ›
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Is Biology Intelligently Engineered? Ask an Engineer

Stuart Burgess shares his experiences navigating academic skepticism, noting that many biologists are forthcoming in expressing doubts about macroevolution. Read More ›
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Sophistication of Bee Decision-Making Is a Mystery, Unless Design Hypothesis Is Permitted

Distinguishing a real flower from a flower print on a woman’s dress can come into play, possibly requiring some experimental probing. Read More ›

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