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Listen: In Berkeley, California, Stephen Meyer Honors Phillip Johnson

These messages come mostly from a November 2019 symposium held in Johnson’s honor in Berkeley, California. Read More ›
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How Butterflies “Evolve” by Design

Biologists have wondered how the patterns on butterfly wings change.  Read More ›
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No Harm, No Foul — What If Darwinism Were Excised from Biology?

Considering several recent papers shows that eliminating evolutionary words and concepts simplifies and improves scientific explanations.  Read More ›
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New Bird Migration Secrets Revealed

Advances in live data logging show how birds do it: get from here to there. Some surprises were uncovered in recent experiments. Read More ›
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Sense of Smell Requires Optimized, Scalable Network Circuitry

The ability to smell is one of the most complex of our senses. It requires sorting, analyzing, and sifting a torrent of input data quickly. Read More ›
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Not Oparin’s Coacervates Again!

After Oparin’s coacervate theory was presented in the 1920s, it was dismissed as unworkable. Now, coacervates are back in style. Read More ›
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Updates on Design of Life Heroes

Since the films showcased their exquisite designs, more discoveries increase the wonder of hummingbirds, sea turtles, and butterflies. Read More ›
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Darwinism as Pantheism or Vitalism

That evolutionary scientists are materialists seems to be belied by the way some of them write. Read More ›
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Fairy Circles, Spider Silk, Epigenetics, and More: Intelligent Design in the News

So-called “fairy circles” yielded to a natural explanation, according to a research team: they are abandoned termite mounds. Now, however, another natural theory is rising. Read More ›
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Crying “Chance, Chance” When There Is No Chance

Note the artfully deployed passive voice. One-way traffic “was finally counteracted by the launch of the first artificial satellites.” Who counteracted it? Read More ›

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