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Purgatorius
Photo: High resolution CT scans of fossilized teeth and jaw bones of Purgatorius mckeeveri material from UCMP, Gregory Wilson Mantilla / Stephen Chester, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates

Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›
eastern towhee
Photo: An eastern towhee, by Shenandoah National Park, via Flickr.

Birds, Bats, Insects: Field Work on Animal Flight Reveals Wonders of Intelligent Design

The capabilities of flying animals continue to amaze scientists, and explanations challenge their best efforts. Does evolutionary theory help? Read More ›
spider
Photo credit: Umesh Soni, via Unsplash.

What Is It Like to Be a Spider? 

A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds. Read More ›
Mexican free-tailed bats
Photo: Mexican free-tailed bats, by dizfunkshinal, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

The re-usage of highly similar and complex parts in widely different organisms in non-treelike patterns is best explained by the action of an intelligent agent. Read More ›
Tesla factory
Tesla factory
Photo: Tesla factory, by Steve Jurvetson / CC BY.

“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Short Answer

You don't have time to give a 30-minute answer outlining the different meanings of the word "evolution" and the evidence pro and con for each. Read More ›
cephalopod
Photo credit: Gregor Austermann / Communications Biology, via EurekAlert!

Cephalopods Join the Cambrian Explosion? And Other Topics in ID

If fossils from Newfoundland have been interpreted correctly by paleontologists at Heidelberg University, they give more worries to Darwinists. Read More ›
guns on USS Iowa
Photo: Guns on USS Iowa, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Closer Look at the T3SS Reveals Design

If one visualizes the recoil action of large guns on ships as they fire, that is perhaps what the EA (export apparatus) is doing for the T3SS. Read More ›
COVID-19
COVID-19
Image: COVID-19, by CDC, via Unsplash.

There’s Implicit ID Research on COVID-19; What About Explicit?

The reason for the relative silence on the origin of COVID by explicit ID scientists is simple. Read More ›
Humpback_stellwagen_edit
Photo: A humpback whale, by Whit Welles Wwelles14 / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0).

Human Engineers Can’t Top These Biological Intelligent Designs

In labs around the world, scientists are fascinated by living designs. Here are just a few examples of what is being reported on a weekly basis. Read More ›
COVID19
Image: Fusion Medical Animation, via Unsplash.

Robert J. Marks: Coronavirus and the “Primacy of Information”

This is the kind of insight that halts you in your tracks: “Human biology is so finely tuned that less than a kilobyte of information can stop the world.” Read More ›

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