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Irreducible Complexity in Bacterial Cell Division

Ready to dip a toe in the ocean of biological ingenuity? Dr. Jonathan McLatchie is back. Read More ›
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Dr. Dan Has a Taste for Debate

From what I’ve been told, there are many examples of “non-conserved” regions having sequence-independent functions. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin Reflects on His Recent Junk DNA Debate

For decades we were told that non-coding regions of our DNA are littered with evolutionary junk. Read More ›
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Science Needs a Scout Mindset; Here’s Why

One advantage of the scout mindset is that it makes adjusting the confidence we have in our opinions more of a low-stakes enterprise. Read More ›
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The Incredible Design of Muscles

To understand the limitations of evolutionary mechanisms, we have to “bite the bullet of complexity,” as biochemist Michael Behe writes. Read More ›
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A Darwinian Dilemma: The Paradox of Reproduction

Astonishingly, there is one unique organ system that actually detracts from the chances of survival of even the fittest individuals. Read More ›
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Darwinists Devolve

One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›
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Sex: A Masterpiece of Design

“If any of these aspects…were different or non-existent, then sexual reproduction couldn’t take place. And so you require multiple codependent sub-functions.” Read More ›
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Sex: Engineered for Success

Sexual reproduction depends on an irreducibly complex core of components for its success. Can we credit a gradual evolutionary process for this system? Read More ›
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Sex Is a Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

Could sex be the product of a gradual evolutionary process, one dictated by “numerous, successive, slight, modifications,” as Darwin himself put it? Read More ›

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