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Photo: Red Sea Octopus, by prilfish, via Flickr.

More on Alien Octopi: New Paper Admits Failure of Evolution to Explain Life

The complexity and sophistication of life cannot originate from non-biological matter under any scenario, over any expanse of space and time, however vast. Read More ›
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Genetics Leaves Central Dogma and Junk DNA in the Rear-View Mirror

Genetics is now a subset of epigenetics, in which multiple dynamic molecules play key roles in homeostasis.  Read More ›
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Here’s a Recipe for Procreative Anarchy

Artificial sperm offer the transhumanist dream of radical individualistic procreation, baby manufacture, and radical family restructuring. Read More ›
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Photo source: "How to Build a Worm," via Discovery Institute.

ID’s Top Six — The Origin of Animals

In his book Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen Meyer considers the nature of animals and what is required to build an animal. Read More ›
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blind cave fish
Photo: Mexican blind cave fish, by James St. John, via Flickr.

Upsetting Another Evolutionary Icon — Blindness in Cave Fish Is Due to Epigenetics

Methylation of key development genes represses their expression, and with it eye development, in this venerable icon of evolution. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Paul Nelson. Dr. Nelson's Maine Coon cat, Theo, appears for size comparison only and does not constitute an endorsement of the product.

Mammoth Critique of Theistic Evolution Will Be Out on November 30

It includes a comprehensive scientific critique of Darwinian evolution, three chapters arguing against common descent, and four chapters about human origins. Read More ›
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Epigenetic
Photo credit: Epigenetic inheritance in fruit flies (more information here), by MPI of Immunobiology a. Epigenetics/ F. Zenk, via Science Daily.

Evolution’s Third Rail — Transgenerational Epigenetics Can Have a Profound Impact

It is an enormous problem to explain how such capabilities evolved. Read More ›
C.-elegans
Photo credit: C. elegans, by Adam Klosin, via Centre for Genomic Regulation.

Nematodes Push Epigenetics to the Limit, as Another “Zombie” Bites the Dust

Isn’t DNA the one and only "secret of life"? Neo-Darwinism, a gene-obsessed doctrine, needs it to be. Read More ›
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Jonathan Wells
Photo: Jonathan Wells signs copies of Zombie Science, April 18, 2017, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, by Andrew McDiarmid.

Reviewing Zombie Science, Sean McDowell Asks the Toughest Question About Evolutionary Icons

The science establishment that silences evolution skeptics in academia might have a shred of a plausible case to make in its defense…if the science itself were on their side. Read More ›

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