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Darwin’s Black Box

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Photo: Budding yeast, by Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Bacteriophages, Budding Yeast, and Behe’s Vindication

It’s been known for some time that bacteria evade antibiotics by mutating the target of the antibiotic, often at a cost to themselves. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design from Every Angle: Check Out These Fine Christmas Book Offerings!

Is there anything more relaxing and uplifting than settling in with a good book on a winter day? Read More ›
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Photo: E. coli bacteria, living a better life, by Eric Erbe, digital colorization by Christopher Pooley, both of USDA, ARS, EMU., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Nobel Prize and Intelligent Evolution

The contrast between the evolutionary sterility of Lenski’s unintelligent Darwinian evolution and the evolutionary potency of Arnold, Smith, and Winter’s intelligent evolution is striking. Read More ›
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Discovering Alfred Russel Wallace

For those who wish to caricature the theory of intelligent design, Wallace becomes a very inconvenient historical figure. Read More ›
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A Child’s Intuition of Purpose in Nature Is No Accident

In 1929, child psychologist Jean Piaget called children “artificialists” who tend to regard everything as “the product of human creation.” Read More ›
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As a Critic of Intelligent Design, Nathan Lents Fails to Connect

Initially, I was pleased to find someone who might be an interesting new participant in the evolution debate. Read More ›
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Straw Man: Nathan Lents Versus the Theory of Perfect Design

True, things go wrong with our bodies, with results that range from the tragic to the merely expensive or inconvenient. Read More ›
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Cell Membranes: Dynamic, Communicating, Designed

Simple bilayers of lipids? No! Cell membranes have come into their own as masterful players in numerous cellular functions. Read More ›
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At Forbes, John West Talks about “Revolutionary” Behe, Darwinism and Eugenics, and Wikipedia

It’s always refreshing to find a journalist who has thought through the scientific issues related to intelligent design for himself. Read More ›

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