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Photo source: Casey Luskin.

Postcard from São Paulo: Design Evidence from High School Chemistry

Kristin Marais spoke about “How to Make Chemistry Fun by Teaching Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life.” Read More ›
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Photo credit: Luis M. Chiappe, Guillermo Navalón, Agustín G. Martinelli, Ismar de Souza Carvalho, Rodrigo Miloni Santucci, Yun-Hsin Wu & Daniel J. Field, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: New Fossil Stem Bird Is Surprisingly Modern

Why do we mostly hear only one side of the story in the media? I suppose we must be protected from dangerous questions that could come up. Read More ›
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Photo: Jonathan and Lucy Wells, by Marcos Eberlin.

Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist

His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented. Read More ›
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Photo: Neuropteran larva from Burmese amber, Haug et al. 2019 fig. 1, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle

Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits. Read More ›
Emily-Reeves
Photo source: Discovery Institute.

Nature’s Wonder — A Tale of Two Scientists

Charles Darwin described an atrophied sensitivity to “grandeur” that he noted in himself. Read More ›
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Image: Venetoraptor gassenae, modified from Müller et al. 2023 fig. 1, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Venetoraptor Is Not the Archaeopteryx of Pterosaurs

Forget all the pop science ballyhoo, and if you should not trust my word, just check the provided primary sources. Read More ›
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All photos by Daniel Reeves.

Postcard from São Paulo: Intelligent Design Sung to a New Tune in Brazil

The theme of the conference was familiar to us, but I’d like to think that we’ve heard it sung to a new tune in more ways than one.  Read More ›
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James Tour
Image at the top: From Episode 5 of Science Uprising, “Origin of Life: Intelligence Required.”

Breakthroughs Unveil Evidence of Foresight in Nature

From an engineering standpoint, it was essential that a way be found to protect the cell, life’s most basic unit. Read More ›
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Photo copyright: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: A Waiting Time Problem for Feathers

Wherever you look in the history of life you stumble upon overwhelming evidence for design. Read More ›

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