Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Mammoth
Image credit: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

#7 Story of 2022: Mammoth Support for Devolution

The more science progresses, the more hapless Darwin seems. Consider woolly mammoth DNA. Read More ›
Bill-Dembski
Photo: William Dembski, © László Bencze.

Dembski and the Miraculous

"Dr. Dembski’s family has learned to look for the miraculous in everyday loving encounters." Read More ›
Arabidopsis thaliana
Photo: Arabidopsis thaliana, © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5.

Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2022: “Non-Random” Mutations

The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Read More ›
featherwing beetle
Photo: A featherwing beetle (shown at left) is comparable in size to a large amoeba (right), by SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, via EurekAlert! (no usage restrictions).

#9 Story of 2022: New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle

A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Read More ›
topoisomerase
Image: Topoisomerase II, via Discovery Institute.

#10 Story of 2022: Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Read More ›
Aardvarks
Photo: Amphiorycteropus gaudryi, Miocene Greece, modified after Koufos 2022 fig. 3, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Miocene Aardvarks and the Abrupt Origin of Tubulidentata

So much about the congruence of anatomical and genetic similarity predicted by Darwin’s theory. Read More ›
Silent Night
Photo source: Screenshot from Silent Night trailer (fair use).

A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

The Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science. Read More ›
Monarch butterly
Photo credit: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Year in Review: Intelligent Design Grows in Influence and Depth

Our researchers will continue to support and communicate what represents the earliest stages in the next great scientific revolution. Read More ›
Portuguese man-o’war
Photo: A Portuguese man-o’war, by Volkan Yuksel, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Synchronized Swimming in Siphonophores: A Design Worth Imitating

It must be good if engineers want to copy it. Siphonophores are colonial animals that have mastered the sport of synchronized swimming. Read More ›
Louis Pasteur
Image: Louis Pasteur, by Sanjai B R 1840722, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The 200th Birthday of Louis Pasteur: A Man of Science and Faith

In the 19th century, it was widely believed that the spontaneous generation of life from non-life was common and unremarkable. Read More ›

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