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Glowing flagellar motor at the base of a bacterial flagellum visualizing the rotary motion and its energy source
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Can the Flagellum Get Any Better? Yes! Add Gears

The bacterial flagellum is more souped-up than even Michael Behe thought: it’s a gear-driven motor of motors! Read More ›
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Photo: Homo erectus, by Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Gulf Between Ape-Like and Human Grows Wider

This trend supports the traditional view that humans were uniquely designed rather than evolving willy-nilly from ape-like ancestors. Read More ›
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Paper Defends Spoken Language in Homo erectus

The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size. Read More ›
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Photo: Bret Weinstein, via Joe Rogan Experience (screenshot).

Fascinating Hypothesis from Weinstein: Repetitive “Junk” DNA Stores Integer Variables

This opens up a world of potential functions for repetitive DNA that open-minded scientists can consider. Read More ›
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Listen: Stuart Burgess Details Examples of Your Body’s Ultimate Engineering

He’ll relate the time he and famed biologist Richard Dawkins debated, and he’ll remind us why we are all qualified to evaluate scientific theories of origins. Read More ›
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Friends in High Places: Prince Charles and Others

The prince’s criticism of evolutionary theory did cause quite a stir in the national press in the UK. Read More ›
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Female swimmer. Concept image
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Is Biology Intelligently Engineered? Ask an Engineer

Stuart Burgess shares his experiences navigating academic skepticism, noting that many biologists are forthcoming in expressing doubts about macroevolution. Read More ›
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Happy Darwin Day! Significance of New Book on Human Anatomy Cannot Be Overstated

Dr. Burgess's own research proved that knee joint geometry and supporting structures are optimally designed to achieve multiple objectives. Read More ›
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Introducing Ultimate Engineering: A Conversation with Stuart Burgess

Evolutionary theory, unlike intelligent design, predicts a living world crowded with substandard designs. Read More ›
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Jonathan Witt: Darwinism and Its “Pernicious Cultural Implications”

What are we to make of rationality and creativity, of our awareness of the moral order? In the Judeo-Christian tradition, these markers are elevated. Read More ›

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