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Animal Algorithms
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An Engineering Marvel, Animals Find Their Way by Reading Earth’s Magnetic Field

Intelligent design predicts that organisms will be equipped with complex systems that can take advantage of environmental cues and respond with precision. Read More ›
Covid
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The Rise of Totalitarian Science, 2022 Edition

Now, after two years, facts are becoming clearer — and so are the momentous consequences of the pandemic for our culture. Read More ›
bowerbird
Photo: A bowerbird, by Holgi via Pixabay.

Uncannily Organic: Navigation Is More than Genes

The capabilities of animals to know their positions and make corrections seem beyond the abilities of coded instructions or brain size. Read More ›
Monarch butterfly
Photo: Monarch butterfly, by liz west from Boxborough, MA [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

For Evolution, Monarch Butterfly Migration Is a Mystery

It typically takes up to three generations of butterflies to make the complete journey. This means that the navigation information is genetically programmed. Read More ›
Cambrian 16
All photos in this article are by David Coppedge.

Smithsonian Glosses Over the Cambrian Explosion

The nation’s museum cannot ignore the collection of fossils Walcott sent them from the Burgess Shale. But can they explain them away? Read More ›
Max McLean as C. S. Lewis
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Listen, or Watch: West and McLean on Science, C. S. Lewis’s Journey, and More

Actor Max McLean points out an insight from Lewis on the role of apologetic and other arguments in maintaining faith. Read More ›
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Bioethicist: Let Doctors Kill the Healthy by Harvesting Organs

At first, this proposed killing license was supposed to be limited to patients on the verge of death or the permanently unconscious. Read More ›
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eclipse
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Eclipse Miracle — An ID Book for Children

It is encouraging to me that someone else came to the same basic conclusion as I did following my observation of a total solar eclipse in India in 1995. Read More ›
David and Goliath
Image: David and Goliath, by Titian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

So he chose to call himself David, after the Old Testament king who slew Goliath. Read More ›
Tinkertoy
Photo credit: Mike Mozart, via Flickr (cropped).

Money, Sex, and Gender

"We both wanted to play with guys, build forts and have snowball fights and play army… She played with my toys: Tinkertoys, dump trucks." Read More ›

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