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Pangolin
Photo: A ground pangolin, native to Africa, by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters (Manis temminckii) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Nature’s Foresight: Pangolins, Giraffes, Porcupines, and More

Engineers designing a car have to plan for all kinds of conditions the car might encounter. Read More ›
mouse
Photo credit: Alexas_Fotos, via Pixabay.

Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks

Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept. Read More ›
Beautiful Monster
Theistic Evolution
Photo: Unpacking a copy of Theistic Evolution, by Paul Nelson.

Response to Swamidass: Confusion in a Review of Theistic Evolution

It’s worth engaging him, since Swamidass is the relatively rare critic of ID who works at tackling arguments for design in a substantive fashion. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor on Animal Generosity

The failure to understand the gulf that separates humans from animals, and humans from machines, is a source of confusion to rival almost any other. Read More ›
Badwater Ultramarathon
Photo: Participants in the Badwater Ultramarathon, Death Valley, California, by Seaman Michael Lindsey, USN [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Origin of Long-Distance Running — More Evolution by Breaking Things

A central problem for theories of unguided evolution has always been the challenge of building complex biological novelties. Read More ›
BHS students visit German counterparts
Photo credit: Biology classroom, U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gustavo Castillo.

Smithsonian Misrepresents Evolution to AP Biology Students

Basically, it’s a how-to guide for sugarcoating evolutionary dogma in the science classroom. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: DasWortgewand, via Pixabay.

Answering Swamidass on Theistic Evolution: Sketchy Science, and a Swerve into Metaphysics

His choice of targets for criticism and for praise have a lot more to do with his particular agenda than the defects or merits of those whom he critiques. Read More ›
Columbia River
Photo credit: Columbia River, by Sarah McDevitt, via Flickr (cropped).

For Rivers, a “Right to Flow”?

Most media with which I interact on this issue assume that advocating personhood for nature must be a fringe meme. Read More ›
breast cancer cell
Photo: Breast cancer cell, via National Cancer Institute.

Does Cancer Disprove Intelligent Design?

Is it true, as one critics says, that “cancer regularly innovates with proteins of novel function”? Read More ›
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New Website Aquinas.Design Provides Insight into Nature and the Mind

Father Michael Chaberek helped me (a passionate but amateur Thomist!) understand an issue that perplexed me for years. Read More ›

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