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Doug Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Eric Cassell
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William A. Dembski
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Eric Hedin
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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Robert Shedinger
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Long Story Short
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Rob Stadler
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December 1, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Long Story Short — A Strikingly Unnatural Property of Biopolymers

Rob Stadler
December 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Scientists have been trying for decades to get monomers to link up into biopolymers under “prebiotically plausible conditions.” Read More ›
desert ant
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Eric Cassell
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November 30, 2021
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Ants Do Trigonometry: A Problem for Darwinism

Eric Cassell
November 30, 2021
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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How can a trigonometric mathematical computation be programmed into the brain of an ant through a neo-Darwinian process of genetic mutation and natural selection? Read More ›
Long Story Short
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Rob Stadler
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November 30, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Long Story Short — Did Purely Natural Processes Produce Biopolymers?

Rob Stadler
November 30, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Science provides a clear expectation of what natural processes produce, and what we observe in the biopolymers of life is dramatically unexpected.  Read More ›
biology classroom
teachers
Photo: A high school biology classroom, by Dannel Malloy, via Flickr (cropped).
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David Klinghoffer
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November 30, 2021
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Biology
Science Education
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Give Parents a Say in Education? Imagine That!

David Klinghoffer
November 30, 2021
Biology, Science Education, Scientific Freedom
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As with cancel culture, ID proponents and Darwin skeptics were well aware of this issue for years, long before it came to the forefront in the present moment. Read More ›
Cats search for tuna
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David Klinghoffer
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November 29, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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New Episode of Long Story Short — Is the Origin of Biopolymers a Snap?

David Klinghoffer
November 29, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Or is it trickier than the scientists imagine, more akin to “hiding your tuna fish sandwich in a room full of cats”? Read More ›
Cat's Eye Nebula
Photo: Cat's Eye Nebula, by NASA, ESA, HEIC, and Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).
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Denyse O’Leary
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November 28, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Darwinian Biologist Resists Learning to Live with Panpsychism

Denyse O’Leary
November 28, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Jerry Coyne is having a hard time understanding why anyone would even consider taking panpsychism seriously. Read More ›
Plasmodium falciparum
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Jonathan Witt
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November 27, 2021
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Evolution
Medicine
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Two Recent Papers Buttress Michael Behe’s Thesis in Darwin Devolves

Jonathan Witt
November 27, 2021
Evolution, Medicine
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Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard. Read More ›
Water calendar
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Amanda Witt
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November 26, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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It’s Black Friday: Get Your New ID-Themed Calendar!

Amanda Witt
November 26, 2021
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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New this year is Wondrous Water, a calendar featuring gorgeous water photography. Read More ›
trilobite
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David Klinghoffer
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November 25, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Look: On Thanksgiving, Be Grateful for the Intelligent Design of Your Eyes

David Klinghoffer
November 25, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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They were quite the sudden, unanticipated gift in the history of life. Read More ›
1984
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David Klinghoffer
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November 25, 2021
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Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
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On Thanksgiving, Support the Scientific Defense of Common Sense

David Klinghoffer
November 25, 2021
Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom
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“The heresy of heresies was common sense,” Orwell writes. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Read More ›

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