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Katydid
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Hear This: Cricket Ears Evolved Like Vertebrate Ears

These findings challenge Darwinism because species that are clearly unrelated by common ancestry employ common engineering principles. Read More ›
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The Miracle of Spiderwebs

Spiders are another of nature’s master engineers. About half of known spider species (order Araneae) construct webs made of silk. Read More ›
desert ant
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Ants Do Trigonometry: A Problem for Darwinism

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 ›
1984
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On Thanksgiving, Support the Scientific Defense of Common Sense

“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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How Convergent Animal Algorithms Challenge Darwinism

Eric Cassell discuss the No Free Lunch theorems of William Macready and David Wolpert, and the problem of blind searches for everything from Rubik’s cube solutions to the formula for WD-40. Read More ›
George Orwell
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Let’s Make Orwell Fiction Again!

Today, intelligent design is a thoughtcrime. Using words that help others recognize the meaning that underlies nature may be the severest offense. Read More ›
leafcutter ants
Photo: Leafcutter ants, by Pjt56, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Amazing Insect Colonies vs. Evolution

How could a mindless evolutionary process have evolved these sophisticated colonies? Read More ›
Brian Miller
Photo: Brian Miller in a scene from Science Uprising.

The Proles, the Party, and a Science Uprising

Our tech rulers are quite the egalitarians. Sure, they believe that cheap entertainments for all have an important role. Read More ›
1984
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Big Tech Wants to Control the Future; Here’s What We Can Do About That

According to the Party slogan, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Read More ›
ants
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Insects and Design: Ant and Honeybee Engineers

If you’ve ever watched ants busily tunneling in an ant farm, you may have noticed that the intricate finished product rarely collapses. Why is that? Read More ›

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