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Michael Behe
Darwinism
Photo: Michael Behe, a scene from Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, via Discovery Institute.

Behe Exposes Darwinism’s “Pretense of Knowledge”

Evolution’s deficits had been masked, he realized, by a combination of groupthink and the haziness of what biology could say about the molecular basis of life. Read More ›
goat
Jerry Coyne
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Scientists Probe Stupidity; What Would We Do Without Scientists?

In their own scientific research, psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger have offered the Dunning-Kruger effect. Read More ›
Oxytricha trifallax
Ciliated Protozoa
Photo: Oxytricha trifallax, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Wonders of Genomic Acrobatics: Ciliated Protozoa as a Case Study

Explaining this sort of phenomenon by slight, successive modification, as Darwin envisaged, seems problematic. Read More ›
Jerry Coyne
Egnor
Photo: Jerry Coyne, by AtheistAllianceAmerica [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Congratulations! Coyne Promotes Egnor to “Archenemy”

Archenemy sounds a little…obsessive. Read More ›
D. melanogaster 2
Photo: D. melanogaster, by By Sanjay Acharya [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

On the Evolutionary Origin of New Genes, Stephen Meyer Is Vindicated Again

Most studies simply infer or invent some story about the evolution of a gene without any experimental tests. Read More ›
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Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks

Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept. Read More ›
hairy-nosed-wombat

Was Universe Designed for Hairy-Nosed Wombats?

David Barash is an evolutionary biologist known for delivering a yearly talk to his students disabusing them of the idea that science can be reconciled with religious faith. Read More ›
mantis shrimp

Mission Impossible: From the BioLogos Files

By all means, if they’re discovering new common ground with ID, warmly welcome these good people and thoughtful scientists aboard. Read More ›
manta ray

Undeniable Intuitions and Unbelievable Coincidences

Any appeal to accidental processes to accomplish an unbelievable coincidence is really just an appeal to unbelievable coincidence. Read More ›
pennies

Why Certainty Doesn’t Always Require Accuracy — A $5 Lesson in Probability

As our dialogue continues, I think I’m starting to understand your position more clearly. Read More ›

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