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“Design Strength on Multiple Levels”: More Ultimate Wiring with Stuart Burgess

The eye is one of the most striking embarrassing examples of claimed bad design by evolutionists. Read More ›
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Ultimate Wiring: Design Approach Explains the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

Think of a spacecraft. It might have 50 miles of wiring. In contrast, the human body has an incredible 50,000 miles of wiring. Read More ›
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Misinformation About a Masterpiece: An Engineer Responds to a Colleague

"We have the anatomy department claiming the human spine is a bad design, whilst the engineering department is improving bridge design by copying it!" Read More ›
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Friends in High Places: Prince Charles and Others

The prince’s criticism of evolutionary theory did cause quite a stir in the national press in the UK. Read More ›
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Systems Biology Cracks Life’s Engineered Intricacies — A Report from CELS

The cherished evolutionary story of whales' “vestigial” pelvic bones joins the growing pile of discredited icons of evolution. Read More ›
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Peer-Reviewed Paper Answers Claims of “Bad Design” of the Human Foot/Ankle

Many who have studied the foot recognized its “excellent design." Leonardo da Vinci called the human foot “a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” Read More ›
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Burgess: Claims of “Poor Design” in Skeletal Joints Are Based on Critics’ Lack of Training in Engineering

Burgess’s lecture confronts one of the most common abuses of science aimed at suppressing the evidence for design in biology. 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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