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David Berlinski Ben Shapiro
Photo: David Berlinski via the Ben Shapiro Show.

David Berlinski on Architectural Nihilism, Human Nature and the Holocaust, and Emotivism

We live in intellectually mediocre times, when commitment to true debate has been replaced by a desire to stifle heterodox thought. Read More ›
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A sandstone hog back
Image Credit: Skyler - Adobe Stock

Apply Now: Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Have Changed the Course of Many Lives

There is no tuition for the program, to be held in Colorado, and travel scholarships are available. Read More ›
Origin of Species
Douglas Axe
Photo: The Origin of Species, first edition, via Wikimedia Commons.

Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma

A colleague remarked to me (in an uncharacteristically unscholarly disclosure) that he could not share my interest in “all this old 19th-century stuff.” Read More ›
bacteriophage
Photo: Scene from the Behe-Swamidass debate on intelligent design and evolution, a slide by Dr. Behe (bacteriophage); by Forrest Mims.

Bacteriophage Is the New Poster Child for Darwin’s Doom

Through no fault of Darwin’s, neither he nor anyone else in his day had a clue about the nature of cellular life and biological information. Read More ›
Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata
Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata, an Edicaran organism, by Masahiro miyasaka / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Lukas Ruegger on the “Ediacaran Explosion”— No Solution to the Cambrian Puzzle

Ruegger is the personable new intelligent design “explainer” whose videos take an approach similar to Khan Academy’s, but better. Read More ›
COVID-19
coronavirus
Photo credit: Airman 1st Class Alexis Christian, via Peterson Air Force Base.

COVID-19 Meets Intelligent Design

To summarize, the authors use a terrible design hypothesis, and make ever-escalating claims of certainty from two weak observations. Read More ›
Jumping Spider
Photo: Phidippus audax, a North American jumping spider, via Wikimedia Commons.

Spiders Are Smart; Be Glad They Are Small

Recent research has shed light on the intriguing strategies that spiders use to deceive other spiders — and prey in general. Read More ›
painting
Photo credit: Jade Stephens on Unsplash.

Jay Richards on the Art of Answering Theistic Evolutionists

If someone tells you he’s a theistic evolutionist, first find out what he means by theism and evolution. Read More ›
hawk eye
Photo: A hawk's eye, by abrinsky via Flickr (cropped).

Paper Provides More Evidence that Mutations Aren’t Random

A news release from the University of Haifa pulls no punches about the implications. Read More ›
topoisomerase
Image: Topoisomerase II, by Discovery Institute.

New Animation on Topoisomerase Demonstrates Irrationality of Denying Design Evidence in Biology

Replication or transcription of DNA stresses the macromolecule, resulting in supercoiling. Topoisomerase II relieves the stress. Read More ›

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