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Galápagos finch
Photo: Galápagos finch, by kuhnmi, via Flickr.

Engineering Better Explains Adaptation than Evolutionary Theory

The genetic variation in any species is confined to a limited set of variables such as a finch beak’s thickness. Read More ›
Bacillus subtilis
Image: Bacillus subtilis, identified by Bapteste and his co-authors as a possible age-distorter, by WMrapids, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Eric Bapteste on External Genetic Change In “Age-Distorters”

Species are surrounded by other species (often sharing the same body), and therefore may interfere with one another’s fitness. Read More ›
Richard Lewontin
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Richard Lewontin (1929-2021), Mensch

As I stood by the lab doorway, Lewontin — who was sitting right down front — looked back towards the door and caught my eye. Read More ›
ATP Synthase
Image: A scene from "Molecular Machines — ATP Synthase: The Power Plant of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

Of Turbines and Pumps: More on Denton’s Latest

We rarely give a second thought to our body’s energy production. Robots use a battery pack and long lengths of wiring to transfer electricity. Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
Image credit: Brian Gage.

Atomic Miracles: On Denton’s Latest

Paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson once declared that “man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind.” Read More ›
Geospiza fuliginosa
Photo: Geospiza fuliginosa, by Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Galápagos Finches and a Surprising Deletion

How could the authors suddenly do this? Some of the following points may be considered. Read More ›
periodic table
Image credit: Elchinator, via Pixabay.

Message in Matter: Intelligent Design in the Atoms

What atheists and materialists can’t explain is why this fitness is so special, so unforgivingly precise and intricate, at every stage on the journey to us. Read More ›
glassy carbon
Photo: Glassy carbon, by Alchemist-hp (talk) (www.pse-mendelejew.de) / FAL.

Excerpt — The Chosen Atom

Many have believed (and many still do believe) that Darwin drove teleology out of biology forever. Read More ›
Michael-Denton
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Book Launch! Join Us for a Global Webinar with Michael Denton, Wednesday, October 21

He is, of course, not only a pre-eminent proponent of the theory of ID but also a wonderful and charming personality. He’ll speak to us live from Australia. Read More ›
Michael-Denton
Photo credit: Nathan Jacobson.

Michael Denton Identifies TWO Intelligent Designs in the Universe

“The whole world works together in the service of man,” as Francis Bacon wrote. Denton revives this ancient insight with modern rigor. Read More ›

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