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Engineers Crash the Evolution Party, Rethink Biological Variation

Miller and Luskin discuss fruit flies, finch beaks, stickleback fish, mutational hotspots, phenotypic plasticity, and the gravity well model. Read More ›
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Sound the Alarm on Germline Genetic Editing

As Wesley Smith explains, it’s not just that germline editing could lead to unintended health consequences. Read More ›
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Yes, the Punctuated Equilibrium Model Was Developed to Explain the Lack of Transitional Fossils

Why would Eldredge and Gould propose such a model? Because they knew the data showed that potential transitional fossils are an extreme rarity. Read More ›
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Teleophobia: Cassell on the Unreasonable Fear of Intelligent Design

What do biologists make of the apparently purposive nature of all these different kinds of complex programmed behaviors? Read More ›
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Animal Algorithms: Desert Ants and Honey Bees

Eric Cassell argues that these innate skills point to algorithms programmed into the ant’s brain and genome. Read More ›
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Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2021: An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing

From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans. Read More ›
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Dallas Conference on Science and Faith: Registration Open Now!

How has Christianity contributed to the rise of modern science? What do the latest scientific discoveries tell us about the existence of God? Read More ›
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Christmas Thought — Intelligent Design Is Good News that Brings Hope

I am sitting here listening to Christmas songs as old as I am. Doesn’t anyone write new Christmas songs? Read More ›
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Casey Luskin: The Irony of Theistic Evolution

The Christian or Jewish theistic evolutionist actually goes a step further than arch-atheist Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
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Axe’s Not-So-Secret Guide to Making Cookies and Dragonflies

Why do so many academic biologists and other scholars resist the design implications of Doug Axe’s research? Read More ›

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