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New York Times
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Did the New York Times Just Give a Covert Nod to Meyer’s “God Hypothesis”? 

What’s different is that this time around, the discussion is far more favorable towards Meyer’s position. Here’s what columnist Ross Douthat says Read More ›
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Diatoms, an Evolutionary Mystery, Come into Nano-Focus

The jewels of the microbial world, when seen with new nano-scale imaging techniques, look like little modernist cathedrals. Read More ›
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Cilium and Intraflagellar Transport: More Irreducibly Complex than Ever

Another of Michael Behe’s molecular machines gets an update. The details are even more fascinating than originally described. Read More ›
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You’ll Never Guess What Just Collapsed

Neil Thomas, a professor and member of the British Rationalist Association, was a committed Darwinist and agnostic. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Tree Morphs into a Network, with Implications for Intelligent Design

If lateral gene transfer is rampant throughout life, the universal tree of life becomes a matter of philosophical preference, not empirical demonstration. Read More ›
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A Flea Circus of Small Animal Acrobats

Small animals amuse and amaze scientists who take a close look at them in action. Sometimes it requires a high-speed camera to analyze the trick. Read More ›
Michael Behe
Photo: Michael Behe discusses “Biological Truth & Myth: Insights from the Foundation of Life" (screenshot).

Vindicated But Not Cited: Paper in Nature Heredity Supports Michael Behe’s Devolution Hypothesis

The literature is looking at the same data that intelligent design proponents are looking at, making similar observations, and asking similar questions. Read More ›
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I’m Excited to Return to Discovery Institute to Find Intelligent Design Stronger Than Ever!

Over the past few years, I’ve seen ID critics advance some wild and amusing conspiracy theories about the reasons for my departure and absence. Read More ›
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There’s Implicit ID Research on COVID-19; What About Explicit?

The reason for the relative silence on the origin of COVID by explicit ID scientists is simple. Read More ›
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Many “Miracles”: Navigation Arose Independently Across Diverse Animal Species

From sea turtles to the family dog, animals travel unerringly over long distances using geophysical cues. And it all evolved, independently, by chance! Believe that? Read More ›

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