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On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Read More ›
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No. 2 Story for 2025: My Conversation with Denis Noble About Intelligent Design

In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems? Read More ›
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My Conversation with Denis Noble and Perry Marshall About Evolution and Intelligent Design 

In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems? Read More ›
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Recurring Design Logic in Operon Regulation

As we see in these two examples, the design logic is the same. And yet, these two systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›
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“Evolution in Real Time” (Yeah, Right)

Yet another article announces a sociological study has found public attention towards the lionfish “is aiding in monitoring its evolution nearly in real time.” Read More ›
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Much Ado About Lactase Persistence

Nothing shows the feebleness of Darwinism quite so much as breathless stories about brand new results. This week the topic was “lactase persistence.” Read More ›
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Purpose and Desire Meets Jerry Coyne: The Evolution of Homeostasis?

Consider one of the simplest kinds of homeostasis — just one part of the regulation of sugar metabolism in E coli. Read More ›

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