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Congratulations to Jay Bhattacharya, Replacing Francis Collins at NIH!

How can our country get more Bhattacharyas and fewer Collinses? That is one way of phrasing the question that Dr. West sets out to answer. Read More ›
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Latest — and Largest — Intelligent Design Education Day Explores “Creepy Crawly Complexity”

Talks by three different scientists showcased the astonishing abundance, diversity, and complexity of insects, spiders, and worms. Read More ›
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Jonathan Wells and the “Unknown Unknowns”

Richard Sternberg regretted, citing Plato, that “words are very poor containers for what one wants to say” about a friend like Jonathan. Read More ›
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Dismantling the Icons of Evolution

I invited Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design’s “Galileo Figure”

Tom Woodward calls Jonathan Wells a “Galileo figure” in intelligent design’s connection with epigenetics. Read More ›
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Woodward: The Impact of Jonathan Wells

Tom Woodward has been ubiquitous in the unfolding culture war over intelligent design. Read More ›
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Richard Sternberg on the Information Beyond the Genome

There’s “something phenomenal” going on inside the cell, says Dr. Sternberg. Probing and elucidating this mystery has been a focus of his research. Read More ›
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Gutsy and Loyal: The Qualities of Our Friend Jonathan Wells

Dr. Paul Nelson begins with an adventure he had with Dr. Wells: a poster presentation on evolution and development at the University of Chicago. Read More ›
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Paul Nelson: My Adventures with Jonathan Wells

In this first half of the conversation, Dr. Nelson takes listeners back to a famous meeting in the history of the modern intelligent design movement. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin: Intelligent Design, Islamic Edition

Much of the focus is on the “junk DNA” argument against ID, but stay tuned for the amusing case of Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale and the feathered crocodile. Read More ›

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