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In Science, Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity

Contrary to the prevailing view, plant geneticist Richard Buggs says his Christian faith motivates his research. Read More ›
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Challenged on the “1 Percent” Myth, Smithsonian Gives a Meaningless Non-Answer

Note to President Trump: I find this pretty disrespectful to the people who pay the bills at the Smithsonian. Read More ›
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The “Three Cardinal Problems of Biology,” Revisited

In the last 70 years it was expected by many that all three of Jean Rostand's "cardinal problems of biology" would be solved without design. Read More ›
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The Immaterial Genome: Richard Sternberg’s Labor of Love

Rick Sternberg's thought has the potential to demonstrate conclusively the need for an intelligent designer. Read More ›
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Evolved or Engineered? A Geneticist Evaluates the Panda’s Thumb

Giant pandas have an elongated wrist bone, the radial sesamoid, that allows them to handle and eat bamboo with great dexterity. Read More ›
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More on the Panda’s Thumb: Imperfection or Masterpiece?

I would like to express my appreciation as a geneticist and biologist for the work on the molecular investigations and many other topics in the panda’s biology. Read More ›
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Fooled by Darwinism: A Scholar’s Cautionary Tale

Neil Thomas links the posturing of atheists Richard Dawkins and Bertrand Russell with the fatalism of poetry stretching back to the Middle Ages, and further. Read More ›
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Francis Collins Disappointed as a Public-Health Leader

Many Christians looked to Collins, an Evangelical Christian who was also a brilliant scientist, to bring a greater sense of morality to the research pursuit. Read More ›
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Do Plant Galls Falsify Darwinism?

Charles Darwin was profoundly interested in plant galls, and Darwin himself proposed the challenge these and other forms may pose to his ideas. Read More ›
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Evolution’s Tall Tale — The Giraffe Neck

The engineering marvel that is the giraffe, long neck and all, was intelligently designed. Read More ›

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