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Richard-Dawkins
Photo: Richard Dawkins, by Anders Hesselbom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Darwinian Theory Make the Same Predictions as Intelligent Design?

Richard Dawkins predicted that “a large fraction” of our genomes has no function, because, “The true ‘purpose’ of DNA is to survive, no more and no less." Read More ›
topoisomerase
Image: Topoisomerase II, by Discovery Institute.

New Animation on Topoisomerase Demonstrates Irrationality of Denying Design Evidence in Biology

Replication or transcription of DNA stresses the macromolecule, resulting in supercoiling. Topoisomerase II relieves the stress. Read More ›
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Will Earth BioGenome Project Vindicate Darwin?

Compare the latest project to sequence everything to other megaprojects that may or may not answer evolutionary questions. Read More ›
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Paul Nelson
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Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Read More ›
Monarch butterfly
Photo: Monarch butterfly, by liz west from Boxborough, MA [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

For Evolution, Monarch Butterfly Migration Is a Mystery

It typically takes up to three generations of butterflies to make the complete journey. This means that the navigation information is genetically programmed. Read More ›
Tribrachidium heraldicum
Photo: Tribrachidium heraldicum from the Ediacaran period
, by Aleksey Nagovitsyn (User:Alnagov), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Precambrian House of Cards

Wow, that's cool, they not only found the elusive Ediacaran animals but even could unravel their genomes!? Read More ›
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Care for Appetizers? Electric Proteins, Spidey Sense, and More

Welcome to the second day of the New Year! Like tasty sliders, these short news stories should get the juices flowing for big developments in 2020. Read More ›
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A Scientific Method for Design Detection

My first exposure to intelligent design detection in science took place during a summer job with National Defence Research in 1978 as an engineering student. Read More ›

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