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Reflections on Astronomy in Iconic National Parks                

The most poignant evidence of design intervention on planet Earth is certainly life itself. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Are Ediacaran “Fishing Hooks” a Breakthrough Discovery of Precambrian Animals?

Let’s have a look at the newest edition of the Precambrian animal guessing game. Read More ›
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Evolution’s Chicken and Egg Problem — Explained

The conclusion based on a mathematical analysis of self-replication is that asking which came first, the chicken or the egg, is getting way ahead of the game. Read More ›
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Compasses, Clocks — Intelligent Design in Time

The design inference can be used on static objects, but all the more on processes that move in space and time. Read More ›
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For Beauty, Pleasure, and More, Intelligent Design Expects Non-Essential Genes

In past years, papers have tried to identify the subset of all genes in a genome that are essential for viability. Read More ›
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Photo: Prochlorococcus, which lives in the ocean, may be the most abundant species of life on earth, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Primitive”? Lowly Cyanobacteria Boast Superpowers

Prochlorococcus, which lives in the ocean, may be the most abundant species of life on earth. It produces about 20 percent of the oxygen we breathe. Read More ›
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Case Study Inadvertently Shows Why Universal Common Descent Is Untestable

Sooner or later, onlookers will realize that UCD is actually bankrupt. UCD doesn’t pay its bills, because it can’t. Read More ›
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Frontiers of ID: Microscopic Ecologies

Public health lecturer James Hamblin at Yale decided to go without showers — for five years! Read More ›
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Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, in the Cambridge University Library, by LegesRomanorum via Wikimedia Commons.

Learning Wonder from Denton’s Latest

Around 50 BC Titus Lucretius Carus wrote a long treatise against finding purpose in nature. Read More ›
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Design on Time — Paley’s Watch Was Inside Him

Watches are everywhere on the heath. Look up, look down, look inside; biology runs on time. Read More ›

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