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Nobel Prize vs. the Peppered Myth

Winners of the Nobel Prize this year have undercut the Darwinian explanation for industrial melanism. Read More ›
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Photo credit: George Poinar, Jr., CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Three Dubious New Fossil Insect Orders from Cretaceous Burmese Amber

Apart from this more general critique, are there any implications from these amber insects for intelligent design theory? You bet! Read More ›
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Photo: Caterpillar in Baltic amber, by Manukyan Andranik via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 International).

Fossil Friday: How the Caterpillar Got Its Legs, or Not

In spite of all the scientific efforts by Darwinists, the origin of complete metamorphosis in holometabolan insects remains an unsolved mystery. Read More ›
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Photo: Prodryas persephone, fair use and Franz Anthony via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Butterflies

This phenomenon could rightfully be called a Tertiary Butterfly Explosion analogous to the Cambrian Explosion of animal phyla. Read More ›
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Photo: A wax worm, by Sam Droege, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Foresight in the Biosphere: Lowly Organisms Help Rescue the Planet from Pollution

Need technology to fight the effects of technology? Look instead to living things that already have solutions. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, plaster relief by A. Bruce-Joy, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory.  Read More ›

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