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elephant seal
Photo: Elephant seals, San Simeon Beach, by David Coppedge.

The Elephant Seal in the Room

You’ve heard about salmon, whales, and sea turtles. Now learn what the clumsy-looking elephant seal accomplishes navigation-wise. Read More ›
Cueva de Ardales
Photo: Cueva de Ardales, © João Zilhão, ICREA, via EurekAlert!

Painting by Neanderthals? Study Makes a Design Inference

An observation that supports a non-natural origin is that the pigment appears only in a small, conspicuous location. Read More ›
Common cuttlefish
Photo credit: Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), © Hans Hillewaert.

Stunning Video of Chameleon-Like Abilities of Cephalopods

Sometimes you don’t need a rigorous logical, scientific, or mathematical demonstration to reveal evidence of design in nature. Read More ›
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COVID-19
Image: Fusion Medical Animation, via Unsplash.

Dembski: If COVID-19 Was Designed in a Lab, Here’s How the Designers Might Cover Their Tracks

William Dembski offers insightful analysis about how we could go about determining whether the virus was designed. Read More ›
alien life
alien life
Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Most Valuable Aspect of Avi Loeb’s Intelligent Design Case

The most valuable aspect of his case is the stimulus it provides to the question, "If non-human intelligences exist, how would we detect them?" Read More ›
alien life
alien life
Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

My Concern About Avi Loeb’s Work in Relation to Intelligent Design

The evidence seems pretty light, at least compared to what we normally expect for a design inference. Read More ›
alien life
alien life
Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

More on Avi Loeb’s Approach to Design Inferences

Loeb’s argument represents the most salient example of risky intelligent design reasoning in mainstream science. Read More ›
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coronavirus
Photo credit: Airman 1st Class Alexis Christian, via Peterson Air Force Base.

#5 Story of 2020: Coronavirus, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

The measures being taken against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic owe nothing to evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Norbert Kundrak, via Unsplash.

Consciousness Shows that Materialism Is False

My friend and colleague Bill Dembski, a leading advocate of intelligent design of the universe and life forms, has done a superb short interview. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Timo Volz via Unsplash.

Repentant Biology Journal Offers a Weak Rebuttal to Its Own Pro-ID Fine-Tuning Paper

The authors close by quoting Carl Sagan’s famous adage that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Do they offer that kind of evidence? Read More ›

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