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Paper Shows that “Mutational Load” Arguments Don’t Refute ENCODE

Perhaps one of ENCODE’s staunchest critics has been Dan Graur, a molecular evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston. Read More ›
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How to Teach Evolution in a Public School — My Experience

What did I do? Well, I introduced the course by holding a lengthy discussion about the difference between science and philosophy. Read More ›
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“MasterClass” with Stephen Meyer; 25 Percent Discount Ends at Midnight on April 30

What if you want to learn about something a little meatier — in fact about the ultimate questions that have troubled human beings from the inception of our species? Read More ›
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A Disappointing Decade for the Study of Human Evolution

Perhaps in ten years we’ll be having this conversation again — and perhaps at that time the Smithsonian Institution will give us all a more objective analysis of the evidence. Read More ›
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John West: How Evolution Drained Meaning from Nature

if you are not among the 600,000+ people who have seen the multiple award-winning documentary Human Zoos, from Discovery Institute and Dr. West, find it here. Read More ›
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Photo: A coronavirus, by CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM / Public domain.

“Follow the Science”? Free Webinar, May 16, on Scientism and Society

In discussions of the virus, you probably have noticed the prominent use of strangely religious-sounding pleas — “Follow the science!” “Listen to the scientists!” Read More ›
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Photo: Pillars of Creation, Eagle Nebula, by NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team.

Are Cosmic and Planetary Fine-Tuning Constant?

The stability of atoms, stars, and people depends on finely tuned physical laws and constants in the local universe. But are they fixed throughout space and time? Read More ›
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Robert J. Marks: Coronavirus and the “Primacy of Information”

This is the kind of insight that halts you in your tracks: “Human biology is so finely tuned that less than a kilobyte of information can stop the world.” Read More ›
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Journal Prints “Intelligent Design”! But…

The phrase “intelligent design” is almost verboten in today’s science journals. Watch how an evolutionist got away with it — with the journal’s blessing. Read More ›
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Paper by Biologist Antony Jose Seeks to Understand Heritability Beyond DNA

Fierce debates have occurred among intelligent design theorists — mostly behind the scenes — about the causal role of DNA. Read More ›

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