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For Dawkins, a Second Sour Publishing Anniversary

Nathaniel Comfort stops just short of saying that Dawkins’s ideas should be pensioned off, along with himself. Read More ›
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Evolution of New Genes: The Big “If”

If the theory can explain the evolution of new genes then evolution can be a successful explanation. Read More ›
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Lessons from Cooked Amoebas: The Dallinger Experiment

Christoph Adami discusses work by Reverend William Dallinger, a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Read More ›
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Answering Dave Farina on the Lenski Experiment

Farina offers the Lenski experiment as a purported counterexample to irreducible complexity. Read More ›
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Let’s Educate “Professor” Dave Farina on Evolution and Design

Failing to acknowledge mistakes when they are pointed out to you is one of the surest signs of “soldier mindset.” Read More ›
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Glittering dna helix with golden particles in a biotech concept
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Thirty Years of Intelligent Design Predicting the Unexpected Genome

Jonathan Wells’s review was important, but it only scratches the surface of information in biology outside of the DNA. Read More ›
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Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways. Read More ›
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Paper Promotes “Weirdest Theory Yet” for the Cambrian Explosion

First the Oxygen Theory, now the Feces Theory. But how much experience do we really have with feces creating new genetic information? Read More ›
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Bacterial Flagellar Motor Proton-Driven Rotary Nanomachine
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Mighty and Meek: Behe’s Great Work at Age 30

The sheer amount of research that has gone into trying to find alternative explanations to what Behe has proposed is mind-boggling. Read More ›
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Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Read More ›

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