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Animal Algorithms
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An Engineering Marvel, Animals Find Their Way by Reading Earth’s Magnetic Field

Intelligent design predicts that organisms will be equipped with complex systems that can take advantage of environmental cues and respond with precision. Read More ›
hydrothermal vents
Photo: Hydrothermal vents, by NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Existential Implications of the Miller-Urey Experiment

Words, even meaningless words, have the power to create their own virtual realities in our minds. Read More ›
Carrie and Emma Buck
Photo: Carrie Buck (at left) with Emma Buck in 1924, by Arthur Estabrook, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Before the Third Reich: America’s Darwinist Eugenics Crusade

One of the most famous instances was Carrie Buck, sterilized as “feeble minded” despite going on to live a normal productive life. Read More ›
Archaeopteryx
Photo: Archaeopteryx, by H. Raab (User: Vesta), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Debunked Transitional Fossils Are the Tip of the Iceberg

Darwinian evolution predicts a gradually branching tree of living forms, with one form shading into another over long periods of evolution. Read More ›
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Muslims Should Be Natural Allies of Intelligent Design 

I have been invited to speak at many Islamic Centers throughout the United States and Canada over the last ten years. Read More ›
Ota Benga
Photo: African pygmy Ota Benga was displayed at the Bronx Zoo in 1906, in support of Darwinian theory, via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: Q&A with Weikart on Darwinian Racism

What about the objection that Darwinism, properly understood, doesn’t support scientific racism (much less Nazi racism)? Read More ›
goldfish
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Navigation Ability Crosses Phylum Lines — And That’s a Problem for Evolution

Yes, that is kind of adorable. It took only a few days for the fish to learn to drive. Read More ›
Epicurus
Photo: Epicurus, in The Louvre, by Sting, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Charles Darwin and the Ghost of Epicurus

Darwinism, when viewed from a philosophical perspective, might more accurately be understood as a late sub-branch of ancient speculative thought. Read More ›
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

Dr. King was critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke against the idea that humans are the products of a blind process. Read More ›
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#10 Story of 2021: On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth

Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.” Read More ›

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