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Whip Spider
Photo: Whip spider, by Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Whip Spider from the Lower Cretaceous

These fossiliferous limestones are about 115 million years old. In spite of this age the animal is not primitive in any way. Read More ›
coin toss
Photo credit: Gerwin Sturm, via Flickr (cropped).

Rosenhouse’s Blunder: Another Nonsensical Mathematical Argument Against Intelligent Design

Darwinist mathematician Jason Rosenhouse uses the analogy of a coin toss to defend the Darwinian explanation. Read More ›
Ignaz Semmelweis
Photo: Statue of Ignaz Semmelweis, Budapest, by Tim Ellis via Flickr (cropped).

Listen: Ignaz Semmelweis Against the “Experts”

It’s just one of many historical instances of experts clinging to an old paradigm in the face of contrary scientific evidence they don’t like. Read More ›
bacterial-flagellum
Image credit: Illustra Media.

Get a Load of This Souped-Up Hyperdrive Magnetotactic Bacterium

"MO-1 is a magnetotactic bacterium capable of orienting its cell body along the geomagnetic field lines by using magnetosomes." Read More ›
Dubautia menziesii
Photo: Dubautia menziesii, by Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›
Galápagos_finch
Photo: Galápagos finch, by Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Jonathan Wells Battles Darwin’s Zombie Finches

Dr. Wells dissects some recent hype over Darwin’s finches, an icon of evolution that just won’t stay buried. 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 ›
Second Reich
Image source: The Biology of the Second Reich, via Discovery Institute.

Censored by YouTube: Watch The Biology of the Second Reich Now

I’m not sure why my video was singled out. Perhaps it received too many complaints from outraged Darwinists, or even from racists. Read More ›
Auschwitz I - Birkenau
Photo: Entrance to Auschwitz II-Birkenau death camp, by Nelson Pérez [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: How Darwinism Fueled Nazi Racism, White Nationalism

Since Darwin was a peaceable Victorian gentleman and naturalist, what connection could there be between him and Hitler and contemporary white nationalism? Read More ›
Arctic tern
Photo: An Arctic tern, by AWeith, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Watch: Animal Algorithms and the Bluff of Darwinism

Human navigation technology is just catching up to what animals like these can do by instinct. Read More ›

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