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Summer Seminar on ID Is a Glorious (and Cost-Free) Opportunity

The setting, once again in Colorado, is idyllic — towers of red rock and ponderous pines against the bluest of skies. Read More ›
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Photo: Skull of "Mrs. Ples," by José Braga; Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Better Explanation for Human Origins

Casey Luskin describes his experiences in South Africa while earning a PhD in Geology from the University of Johannesburg. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Dodging the Main Issue in the Cambrian Explosion

In three papers, scientists babble about irrelevant details but ignore the main question: the origin of new genetic information for new body plans and organs. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Magical Thinking: Can Pterosaurs Be Darwinized?

Neil Thomas has written about “Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking” and there is no shortage of examples in the literature on fossils. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Citronnel, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Are Ediacaran “Fishing Hooks” a Breakthrough Discovery of Precambrian Animals?

Let’s have a look at the newest edition of the Precambrian animal guessing game. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA/Frank Rubio.

Casey Luskin: The Origin and Uniqueness of Humans

Survive. Reproduce. Repeat. Is that all we’re here for? Some people make this claim. Read More ›
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Photo credit: James St. John, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: New Research on How Delicate Soft-Bodied Organisms Can Be Perfectly Preserved

All the just-so-stories of macroevolution are completely dispensable in real (experimental) biology. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Omnespsx (D•ES), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Postcard from Santiago: Intelligent Design in Chile

Our class expanded to several hundred in our all-Saturday conference, as I was joined by Dr. Ricardo Bravo, a top Chilean oceanographer. Read More ›
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Photo credit: The Ben Shapiro Sunday Special.

Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro on Intelligent Design

The pair discuss the different meanings of the word "evolution" before Meyer gets into one of Darwin’s biggest doubts. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Guillermo Gonzalez.

Plate Tectonics and Scientific Discovery

Plate tectonics is important for advanced life in multiple ways and planets with plate tectonics are very rare. Read More ›

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