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New Stuart Burgess Article on Human Joints Reflects Growing Recognition of Design in Biology

A journal committed to scientific materialism publishes an article explicitly challenging evolution and promoting design. Read More ›
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Developmental Biology of Vertebrate Skeletons Shows Similarities are Better Explained by Design

Evolutionists assume that the traits they classify as homologous share similarities due to their having evolved from a common ancestor. Read More ›
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Photo: A humpback whale, by Whit Welles Wwelles14 / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0).

Similarities Between Vertebrate Limbs Are Best Explained Not by Common Ancestry but by Design

The challenge is particularly daunting in the case of whales. The flipper differs in almost every respect from that of its proposed terrestrial ancestor. Read More ›
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Paper Digest: Ten Biomechanical Animal Joints Enable Extreme Performance

The amazing design structures in organisms provide engineers with inspiring templates for creating better products. Read More ›
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Jaw Dropping: Nature’s Irreducibly Complex Linkage Mechanisms

Bristol University engineer Stuart Burgess goes deeper into the marvels of such sea creatures as the parrotfish, sling-jaw wrasse, and mantis shrimp. Read More ›
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Stuart Burgess: Biology’s Designs Tutor Our Top Engineers

The human knee is still well ahead of what even the most advanced human engineers have managed. Read More ›

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