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baby
baby
Photo credit: Christian Bowen, via Unsplash.

Why Should a Baby Live?

My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›
gymnastics
Photo credit: Eugene Lim, via Unsplash.

Human Blood Flow — A Darwinian Explanation?

Physician Howard Glicksman explains the hugely complex blood flow systems required to keep us clear-headed and alive. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Photo: Kimberella, by the paleobear from Lontananza, Loreto, Peru / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

Reconstructing Kimberella — The Disputed Anatomy in Detail

Fossils often leave much room for very different interpretations of relatively poor evidence. Read More ›
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Photo: A view of Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, by Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

“Poor Design”? Human Versus Biological Invention

Let’s compare the most ingenious technological inventions — from Silicon Valley, for example — with the inventions inscribed in carbon in “simple cells.” Read More ›
rooster
rooster
Photo: Will this rooster stand on the manure pile? By Remi Jouan / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).

Are Darwinists Backing Away from Falsification?

"If the rooster stands on the manure pile, as the folk saying goes, it will rain tomorrow or it will not rain tomorrow." Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Photo: Kimberella, via Wikimedia Commons.

Kimberella — Four Phases of Interpretation

In the quite checkered history of the detailed reconstruction of Kimberella, we can distinguish four distinct successive phases. Read More ›
Molecules Don’t Care About Life
Molecules Don’t Care About Life
Photo: Screenshot from "Molecules Don’t Care About Life."

James Tour: “Molecules Don’t Care About Life”

Blowing smoke is what science media and even scientists themselves do a great deal of the time when they talk about the origin of life. Read More ›
science

Webinar: The Promise of Design Triangulation

For the past few years, I have been telling myself, and students, “Conceive of design as a scientific theory as if Charles Darwin had never lived.” Read More ›
tools
tools
Photo credit: Cesar Carlevarino Aragon, via Unsplash.

In Cells, Proofreading and Repair Testify to Intelligent Design and Foresight

Like a skilled workman, the cell maintains “An array of tools, each one finely tuned.” Read More ›
Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata
Photo: Kimberella quadrata, by Ghedoghedo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Kimberella — Interpreting the Fossils

One of the few features that are uncontroversial is the body size: The fossils measure usually 1-5 cm in length. Read More ›

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