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Photo: Common darter, by Loz (L. B. Tettenborn), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Flea Circus of Small Animal Acrobats

Small animals amuse and amaze scientists who take a close look at them in action. Sometimes it requires a high-speed camera to analyze the trick. Read More ›
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dragonfly
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Optimized Insect Designs — via Evolution?

Cicadas and dragonflies use an exquisitely engineered “bed of nails” on their wings to disarm and neutralize bacteria. Read More ›
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Intricate, Optimized Designs in Insects Beg a Question

The ingenious inventions found in insects summon us to ask: How did these small organisms get them? Read More ›
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Marvelous Migrations at All Scales

Living things are on the move everywhere. Why do some of them go to great lengths to migrate, while others stay put? Read More ›
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Scientist Names Dragonfly Species after Behe. Gets Roasted. Shrugs.

Günter Bechly describes what’s remarkable about this stunning fossil, and explains some problems dragonflies pose for Darwinism. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Smallbones (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwinists Concede Wikipedia Erased Bechly for Coming Out in Favor of Intelligent Design

Whoa! I’m trying to remember the last time a Darwinist agreed that I “may have a point.” It’s a good day. Read More ›
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Challenge to a Critic of the Design Intuition: How Do You Explain Your Own Use of It?

Previously, I questioned a theistic evolutionist's claim that we can’t rule out chance as an explanation for something unless the probability of chance working can be calculated accurately. Read More ›
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Photo: A leafhopper (Alnetoidia alneti), by S. Rae [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

In Bio-Inspired Engineering, De Facto Design Science Flourishes

Researchers may not call it ID, but what else do you call admiration for natural engineering that inspires attempts to imitate it? Read More ›
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Wikipedia Erases Paleontologist Günter Bechly

This is a big deal, and a reminder of a key dynamic in the debate about intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: A dragonfly, by winterseitler via Pixabay.

The Unmistakable Imprint of Purpose — Response to a Theistic Evolutionist

We instantly spot the fruits of fertile imaginations by spotting their characteristic functional coherence. Dragonflies. Smartphones. Nuclear power plants. Read More ›

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