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Independent Origins of Muscular Hydrostats Are Another Conundrum for Evolution

How does Professor Naughton explain this baffling similarity? He invokes the fallacy that a physical constraint compels natural selection to create a solution. Read More ›
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NOVA on Evolution of Eating: Here’s the “Science,” Trust Me, Bro!

There is only a compelling story, beautifully illustrated with plenty of AI imagineering and more scientists testifying to their evolutionary faith. Read More ›
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How Systems Biology Is Adopting an Engineering Framework

Everything from metabolic pathways optimized for efficiency to brain blood vessels designed as protective shock absorbers demonstrates multi-level planning. Read More ›
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Remarkable Engineering and the “Two Brains” Myth

Did two brains evolve into one? This is not a left brain/right brain thing. It is more like claims for a reptilian brain underlying our mammalian one. Read More ›
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Birds on the Move: Awe at the Wonders Overhead

Migrating birds like geese and ibises often fly in a V formation. It’s a memorable sight for birdwatchers looking up into the sky. Read More ›
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Why Every Theory of Life’s Origin that Excludes Design Must Fail

The proposal ceases to be an inference from observations and known physics and becomes an appeal to the absurd. Read More ›
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Postcard from Budapest: Intelligent Design Is Growing in Europe

I started with a brief explanation of what ID theory is and how it works and then went through about a dozen examples of ID research. Read More ›
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The Intelligent Design of Sleep

We’re asleep an average of about 26 years of our life! Most people have a sense that sleep is important. Read More ›
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A Level Above: The Superiority of the Design Approach

"According to evolution, biology should be a level below human technology because evolution is constrained." Read More ›
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What Academics Actually Think: Higher Priorities and Silent Support for Design

"One of the most encouraging things I’ve found in academia is how many people secretly support intelligent design." Read More ›

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