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Pliohippus Pernix
Image: Pliohippus Pernix, by Claire H. from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Khan Academy “Evidence for Evolution” Video Pushes the Fake Fossil Horses Series

The video draws arrows from one species of fossil horses to the next and says “there is a constant change and we can see it directly through the fossil record.” Read More ›
iron
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No Iron, No Life: Intelligent Design in Iron Availability

As an exercise, count the number of lucky breaks that had to occur for the evolutionary story to work. Read More ›
Matthew Scholz
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Manipulating Molecules: Combining Info + Nano for Better Medicine

“Oscar Wilde said nature imitates art,” Meyer said. And today we’re going to see that “technology is able to imitate and even in some ways, improve on nature.” Read More ›
Halobacterium salinarum
Photo credit: Helga Stan-Lotter and Sergiu Fendrihan. Photograph taken by Chris Frethem, University of Minnesota., CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

University of Chicago Biochemist: All Living Cells Are Cognitive

James Shapiro’s recent paper points out, with examples, that bacteria meet the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of “cognitive.” Read More ›
ATP Synthase
Image: A scene from "Molecular Machines — ATP Synthase: The Power Plant of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

Can New Proteins Evolve?

What enables a long chain of linked amino acids to perform highly specific molecular functions with machine-like precision? Read More ›
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Photo: Clifton Suspension Bridge, by Nic Trott, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Tricks of the Cell Trade

Cell processes are quick and efficient. They can even solve geometry problems in the dark without eyes or brains. Read More ›
LambdaPlaques
Photo: "Lysis plaques of lambda phage on E. coli bacteria," via Wikimedia Commons.

Why This Virus Is No Threat to Intelligent Design

A journal article suggests that an impressive instance of unguided evolution has been directly witnessed. Read More ›
diatom
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Diatoms, an Evolutionary Mystery, Come into Nano-Focus

The jewels of the microbial world, when seen with new nano-scale imaging techniques, look like little modernist cathedrals. Read More ›
desert varnish
Photo credit: David Coppedge.

Living Murals: Wall Art Made by Photosynthetic Bacteria

Long suspected to be biological in origin, desert varnish is confirmed to be the product of light-gathering microbes that concentrate manganese as sunscreen. Read More ›
Secrets Behe Episode 3
Photo: Michael Behe, via Discovery Institute.

Michael Behe Needs Some Angelic Help

Become a movie producer and help bring the evidence of intelligent design to millions of people in the next year. Read More ›

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