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Photo: Chandrasekharpatnaik5 [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Where Design Explains, Darwinism Explains Away

Immediately you know these structures were designed. How should you know that? How did the scientists know that? Read More ›
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Photo credit: Annie Spratt via Unsplash.

“Scientific Dissent from Darwinism” List: The Tip of an Iceberg

The signers of the Dissent list have all risked their careers or reputations in signing. Such is the power of groupthink. Read More ›
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Photo: Brian Miller at Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, by Janine Solfelt.

Listen: Brian Miller on the Intelligent Design Underground

Compared to other major paradigm shifts in science history, ID is right on track. Read More ›
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Photo: Dr. Brian Miller spoke to high school students at the 2018 ID Education Day.

The Intelligent Design Underground and Other Reflections

A biologist in our network worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard. He recounted how about a quarter of the postdocs he encountered were at least sympathetic to design arguments. Read More ›
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Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

Advances in Biology Discredit Argument that Cooption Can Explain Irreducible Complexity

One of most popular attempts at explaining the flagellum via cooption was developed by Nicholas Matzke. Read More ›
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Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Space Archaeology — How About Cellular Archaeology?

ʻOumuamua is a fascinating object, and certainly deserves further investigation. How could we discern design from non-design? Read More ›
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Image credit: Illustra Media, from Origin:  Design, Chance and the First Life on Earth.

Membrane Channels Show Astonishing Specificity

The “selectivity filters” in membrane channels of living cells are able to discriminate between very similar molecules or atoms using complex mechanisms. Read More ›
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Photo: A student gains “hands-on” experience with DNA with an inexpensive BioBits kit, by Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

Biomimetics Moves STEM Education in an Intriguing Direction

An initiative by a major biomimetics lab to prepare students for careers in STEM introduces them to biological coding. Read More ›
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Photo credit: A statue of Darwin as a young man was commissioned at Christ’s College, Cambridge University, to celebrate the Darwin bicentenary in 2009, with Prince Philip immediately to the right of Darwin. Photo by fortheloveofknowledge [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

A Darwinian Pilgrimage

Darwin still has some cachet among design advocates. In this I differ from some of my friends and colleagues. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Screen shot from The Biology of the Baroque, courtesy of Discovery Institute. 

Update: Still No Evolutionary Explanation for Human Language

“The case that human language develops step by step through natural selection is weakened by the fact that no single language gene has ever been discovered.” Read More ›

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