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Darwinism
Image: E. coli bacteria, by Joaquin D Taylor [CC BY 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Darwinism — Like Every Other Known Natural Process — Devolves 

Natural selection is not, after all, the one natural process in the universe that can make nature run backward. Read More ›
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Photo: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, by Adam Baker, via Flickr.

#5 of Our Top Stories of 2018: It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function. Read More ›
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Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

Advances in Biology Discredit Argument that Cooption Can Explain Irreducible Complexity

One of most popular attempts at explaining the flagellum via cooption was developed by Nicholas Matzke. Read More ›
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Photo: Michael Behe, author of Darwin Devolves, via Discovery Institute.

Darwin Devolves — Preorder Behe’s New Book; Plus Video Course on Intelligent Design!

This book will be an event. Don’t just read Michael Behe's latest — study it with Dr. Behe himself, in depth. 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 ›
Nobel Prize
Photo: Nobel Prize, by Adam Baker, via Flickr (cropped).

It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function. Read More ›
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Dennis Venema’s Adam and the Genome: A Case Study in Cognitive Bias

In a previous article I described how scientific training can condition some scientists’ minds to resist the evidence in nature for intelligent design. Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and Doug Axe’s Research on the Evolution of New Protein Folds

Douglas Axe is a protein scientist who has published work on the rarity of new protein folds by doing research on beta-lactamase enzymes. Read More ›
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Why Darwinism Can’t Accomplish Innovation or Explain Origins

When one wants to modify an enzyme for a new function, as Matti Leisola explains in his new book, there are two ways to go about it. Read More ›
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Photo: E. coli, by Erbe, digital colorization by Christopher Pooley, both of USDA, ARS, EMU. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Purpose and Desire Meets Jerry Coyne: The Evolution of Homeostasis?

Consider one of the simplest kinds of homeostasis — just one part of the regulation of sugar metabolism in E coli. Read More ›

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