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More Unnatural Naturalism, and More Confusion from Naturalists

Honeybees and cells have a limited set of options that are programmed into their genomes. Read More ›
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Claim: Honeybees, “Like Humans,” Can Tell Odd Vs. Even Numbers

Ants, fruit flies, and even plants can also calculate but it does not follow that they are conscious of what they are doing. Read More ›
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Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First

It is important to qualify what “consciousness” means when we are talking about bees. Read More ›
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Photo: Sea otters seem to enjoy grooming, by "Mike" Michael L. Baird, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Hairy Matters for Evolution

Thin strands we call hair can give headaches to Darwinists. Here are some surprising stories about hair. Read More ›
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Arthropod Architects Amaze Engineers

They appear in the early Cambrian fossil record: the first examples of the most diverse phylum on earth. Who knew their skills would become the envy of human engineers? Read More ›
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Put Some of This on That Wound, Honey

The antiseptic properties of natural honey are getting more attention as antibiotic-resistant bacteria proliferate. Read More ›
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No Escape from Intelligent Design: Brian Miller Explores Coevolution

“Coevolutionary processes cannot drive macroevolution,” explains Dr. Miller. “Again it requires intelligent design.” Read More ›
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Photo credit: Did these three undergrads, working with postdoc Steven Bruckbauer, watch “evolution happen in real time”? By Robin Davies, via University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Testing Behe’s Principle that Darwin Devolves

We looked at some papers claiming to see evolution happening in real time, to see if natural selection has actually invented a new function, or just broke an existing function. Read More ›
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Photo: Has this bee demonstrated a capacity for abstract thought? By RMIT University.

Can Bees Understand the Concept of “Zero”?

The scientists credited the bees with more intelligence than some humans. Read More ›
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Photo: A leafhopper (Alnetoidia alneti), by S. Rae [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

In Bio-Inspired Engineering, De Facto Design Science Flourishes

Researchers may not call it ID, but what else do you call admiration for natural engineering that inspires attempts to imitate it? Read More ›

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