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Photo: Palawan swiftlets can hunt in the dark, another example of echolocation attributed to convergent evolution, along with bats, dolphins, and whales; by Andrea Giovanni Murachelli, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Lee Spetner’s Critique of Convergent Evolution

We bring you the last of three interviews with MIT-trained physicist Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Spetner at 91 years old. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Daisuke Tashiro, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Lee Spetner on What Natural Selection Can Do — And What It Can’t

Dr Spetner also explores aspects of population genetics and the constraints the Earth’s history imposes. Read More ›
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Photo: Monarch butterfly, by Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Lee Spetner Took Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

Spetner, a PhD from MIT, discusses natural selection, what it can and cannot do. Read More ›
City of David
Photo: City of David, by David Coppedge.

Intelligent Design in Action: Pattern Matching in Archaeology

Our uniform experience of intelligent causes allows us to make inferences about design, even without knowing the identity of the designers. Read More ›
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Dallas Conference: Archaeology and the Life of Jesus 

My presentation will explore archaeological discoveries illuminating a major event in the life of Jesus — his trial in Jerusalem. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Guillermo Ferla, via Unsplash.

The Christmas Star — A Sign of Design

Part of the difficulty with arriving at a satisfactory theory for the Star stems from a compartmentalized approach. Read More ›
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Image credit: Gerd Altmann via Pixabay.

Rabbi Moshe Averick Deflates the Multiverse, and the New Atheists

Rabbi Averick shares his spirited takedown of the multiverse theory for the origin of life, and dismantles the “God of the Gaps” objection to ID. Read More ›
Dead Sea
Photo credit: David Coppedge.

Resurrection Genomics: Millennia-Old Palm Trees Live Again

Seeds of date palms from the Judean desert, over 2,000 years old, have sprouted and grown into healthy trees. What can we learn from their genes? Read More ›
Lennox Against the Tide
Photo: John Lennox in Against the Tide.

Lennox Versus Dawkins: “Science and Religion as Alternative Explanations”?

John Lennox gets to the heart of a great question by challenging Richard Dawkins on the assumption that science and faith cannot coexist. Read More ›

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