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giantsquid
Photo: Giant squid, by Stephanemartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Life at the Limits of the Possible

Dr. Stuart Burgess suggests that organisms at the extremes not only exemplify ultimate engineering but specifically point to theistic design. Read More ›
Compound_eye_(34195277211)
Photo credit: Fredrik Andreasson from Sweden, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Tiled Beauty: Functional Aesthetics in Biology

Tessellated patterns are surprisingly prevalent in biology. Are these forms necessary for function, or mere consequences of natural laws?  Read More ›
Crawford Lake
Photo: Crawford Lake, by Whpq, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

What’s in a Name? Debating the Anthropocene Epoch

Earlier this month, geologists voted down a proposal to give the years since 1950 a geological name, the Anthropocene Epoch. Read More ›
Glyptodon
Photo: Gylptodon, by Wolfman SF via Wikimedia, GFDL and CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fossil Friday: The Giant Armadillo Glyptodon and the Abrupt Origin of Xenarthrans

Should we dare to consider the possibility that something is wrong with the Darwinist assumptions? Heaven forbid! Read More ›
Eurotamandua
Photo: <I>Eurotamandua joresi</I> holotype, by Günter Bechly 2009.

Fossil Friday: Eurotamandua — Anteater or Not Even Close?

Darwinists have to appeal to the ad hoc hypothesis of convergent adaptation to similar lifestyles, which of course increases their problem. Read More ›

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