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After K–T Extinction Event, Life’s Unexpected Rebound Was “Ridiculously Fast”

Although the welfare of plankton may not be at the very top of most people’s minds, these tiny organisms fill an important ecological niche. Read More ›
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Evolution: What Is in a Word? (Hint: Not Much)

Since the entire non-living universe contains far less information content than a single living cell, life presents an enigma to materialism. Read More ›
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Why Roman Catholicism Needs Intelligent Design

Through high school and most of junior high, I attended Roman Catholic schools. I liked the discipline. I learned to buckle down on my studies. Read More ›
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Watch: Catholics in Conversation on Intelligent Design

Fr. Michael is doing what many a member of a faith community probably wishes his own clergyman could do, given the importance of the subject. Read More ›
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On Natural Selection, Popper’s Posthumous Gift

If philosopher of science Karl Popper wanted to leave a gift for those who came after to puzzle over and discuss, he couldn’t have chosen more astutely. Read More ›
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Popper and Purposeful Nature: A Note on the So-Called “Recantation”

A correspondent raises this famous statement of Karl Popper on natural selection, with his “historically loaded word ‘recant.’” Read More ›
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Is This a Transitional “Missing Link” for Giraffes? Nope

The giraffe’s fossil record reflects a pattern of abrupt appearance rather than the infinitesimally small variations. Read More ›
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Another Hypothesis for the Origin of Animals

This one uses an analogy to the origin of smartphones. No kidding. Yet, it’s an interesting article. Just not really evolutionary theory in any normal sense. Read More ›
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Biology (and Cosmology) as Footnotes to Plato: A Review of Wynand de Beer

An important book by Wynand de Beer recaptures the wisdom of the ages and puts it into service not only of science, but of history, philosophy, and religion. Read More ›
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Like It Never Happened: Yunxian Skulls Reassigned Based on Evolution, Not Data

As Günter Bechly used to wryly observe, human evolution is a subject that is constantly being “rewritten,” often accompanied by much media fanfare. Read More ›

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