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In Fifty Years, How the Discussion About Science and Faith Has Changed

Decades ago, as I can recall from personal experience, there seemed to be only two choices. Read More ›
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Harvard Geneticist Proposes Neanderthals Are Descended from Humans   

Humans and Neanderthals are so similar that Neanderthals provide no evidence we are closely related to some type of primitive non-human. Read More ›
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Geneticist W. E. Lönnig on Human-Chimp DNA Similarity, and Much More

"The same people who admit that they are unable to create a single blade of grass tell you that they are absolutely sure they know how it came about." Read More ›
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Photo: Samotherium, not a true intermediate of the giraffe, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Giraffes and the Fossil Record: Bad News for Neo-Darwinism

Dr. Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig highlights the discrepancies in the fossil record that cause the traditional Darwinian narrative to unravel. Read More ›
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No. 3 Story for 2025: Immaterial Genome Is 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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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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Photo: Richard Sternberg, by Nathan Jacobson, via Discovery Institute.

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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