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Photo credit: Paramanu Sarkar, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Doctor’s Diary: Have We Overlooked Common Sense?

Take bats, for example. Many types eat upside down, yet they flip to eliminate wastes. Read More ›
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Sexual Reproduction: Engineered for Success

I continue a three-part discussion with Dr. Jonathan McLatchie on why sex is the queen of problems for evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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Expert: Without Intelligence, Organic Chemistry Leads to Degradation, Not Life

While amino acids can be produced in experiments or found on meteorites, they are often consumed by side reactions that create non-living tar. Read More ›
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Sex: A Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

Sexual reproduction is a seeming waste of resources producing little or no short-term advantages. Read More ›
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Photo source: Jonathan Choe, via X (https://x.com/choeshow/status/2008802029800747130).

Experts, Non-Experts, and the Wrong Experts

Philosopher of science Elay Shech gives RFK Jr. grief for a statement back in August that “Science is always evolving.” Read More ›
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Photo: Ludodactylus sibbicki, by G. Bechly 2008.

No. 4 Story for 2025: Farewell to Günter Bechly

I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Read More ›
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No. 6 Story for 2025: When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Read More ›
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Destroyer or Nurturer? Darwin’s Divinized Conception of Nature

The powers of natural selection transcend human intelligence to such a degree that Darwin came close to imputing to it the capacity for intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: Pteridinium simplex, an Ediacaran creature from Namibia, by Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

Simon Conway Morris described the Ediacaran ecology as a “sleepy” world of simple, passive creatures bearing no resemblance to what was to come. Read More ›

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