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Darwinian evolution

pipistrelle
Photo credit: Dave, via Flickr (cropped).

In Bats and Other Animals, Evidence of Common Design in a Magnetic Compass

There has been little data previously to confirm that mammals navigate long distances using the earth’s geomagnetic field. Read More ›
Lenski’s terrific LTEE
distinctions
Photo: Richard Lenski’s LTEE, by Brian Baer and Neerja Hajela [CC BY-SA 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Hitting the Brakes on “Rapid Evolution”

Evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski hopes to demonstrate Darwinian evolution in action. But one humble scientist from Northern Idaho says not so fast! Read More ›
bacteria
Photo: Assorted bacteria, by 148LENIN, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Quorum Sensing: A Clever Trick by Microbes

Robot designers are learning tricks from bacteria: how to communicate with and respond to other unseen members of a swarm. Read More ›
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Revolutionary
Image source: Discovery Institute.

Want to Harmonize Evolution and Design? Consider the Bacterial Flagellum

I hope it’s clear that Kojonen’s effort to harmonize evolution and design (as he envisions it) is not so easy in the case of the bacterial flagellum. Read More ›
chimera
Photo: Neuropteran larva from Burmese amber, Haug et al. 2019 fig. 1, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle

Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits. Read More ›
RNA
Image: RNA, via Illustra Media’s documentary Origin.

Newly Published Paper in BioEssays Recognizes Kuhnian “Paradigm Shift” Against Junk DNA

A new theory “emerges first in the mind of one or a few individuals” but then it spreads because the field faces “crisis-provoking problems.” Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, plaster relief by A. Bruce-Joy, via Wikimedia Commons.

A “Prepared Mind” for Alfred Russel Wallace

Although Wallace receded into the deep recesses of my memory, I had what Pasteur called “the prepared mind.” Read More ›
The-Information-Enigma
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A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning

The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide. Read More ›
Douglas-Axe
Photo: Douglas Axe at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Douglas Axe: Science as a Human Enterprise

“The human part of science brings all the baggage and complexity that humans bring to every other discipline in science, and how could it be otherwise?” Read More ›
Cloudina
Photo credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Cloudina Still Lacks the Guts to Be a Worm

We intelligent design proponents make one successful prediction after another, while Darwinism's track record of failed predictions grows ever longer. Read More ›

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