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hummingbird robot
Image: Hummingbird and hummingbird robot, from “Hummingbird Robots: Naturally Intriguing,” via Purdue University (screen shot). 

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 ›
grass
ecocide
Photo credit: Silvestri Matteo via Unsplash.

“Ecocide” Would Criminalize Resource Development

Note that “peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants” is a very broad term that is not limited to human beings. Rather, it includes everything from grass, fish, and insects, to mice, snakes, and people. Read More ›
Froghopper
insect

Small Wonders: Scientists Reveal the Secrets of Amazing Little Insects and Crustaceans

It often seems that the closer you need to look, the greater the wonder. It’s as if someone set it there to hide, waiting for us. Read More ›
Chrismooreia-michaelbehei
Photo: Chrismooreia michaelbehei, a fossil dragonfly species, 191 million years old, named in honor of ID scientist Michael Behe, by Günter Bechly.

Insect Evolution: Another Illustration of How Darwinism “Explains Away”

Dr. Günter Bechly notes three contradictions at odds with Darwinian gradualism. Read More ›
sponge
theistic evolution
Photo: A sponge (Spongilla lacustris), by Kirt L. Onthank [CC BY-SA 3.0].

Of Statues and Sponges — Progress in My Conversation with a Theistic Evolutionist

Only by sheer coincidence would blind factors produce such remarkable things, and coincidence is never that lucky. Read More ›
Chengjiang fossil site
Cambrian explosion
Photo: Chengjiang fossil site, courtesy of Illustra Media.

Early Cambrian Complexity and Other News

Stephen Meyer’s case for intelligent design in Darwin’s Doubt keeps getting vindicated by new fossils. Read More ›
weeds
plant
Photo: A patch of weeds, by Erik-Jan Leusink via Unsplash.

Another Push for Plant “Rights”

There is increasing wind in the sails of everything-deserves-rights advocacy. Read More ›
leafcutter ants
Photo: Leafcutter ants in the Wilhelma Zoo, Germany, by Pjt56 [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

About Orphan Genes — What’s the Big Problem for Evolution?

Orphan genes — genes that are present in only one species, or a group of closely related species — are of particular interest to advocates of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: Atheist Lawrence Krauss and Christian theistic evolution Denis Lamoureux (r.) team up in a debate against Stephen Meyer, via Wycliffe College, University of Toronto (screen shot). 

Examining Critiques of Theistic Evolution, a Year After the Volume’s Publication

Attacks by Christian theistic evolutionists have often followed the same patterns as those of their secular colleagues. Read More ›

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