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Photo credit: Akulshres, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Plant Missile Technology: A Peek in the Armory

Ballistic missiles are common in plants and fungi. Take a look at how they launch their payloads. Read More ›
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Photo: Samango monkey, by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

How “Junk” DNA Got Its Function: Evolutionary Tales Fail to Convince

Earlier this year there was a flurry of stories about how “junk DNA” may explain why humans don’t have tails. Read More ›
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Photo: Octocorallia, by Alexander Vasenin, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Let There Be Bioluminescence

Biological light switched on in the Cambrian — for what reason, evolutionists are not sure. It just happened, like all the other natural miracles. Read More ›
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Photo: A skull from the Qafzeh Cave, by Wapondaponda, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

When Did Humans Start Burying the Dead?

Only humans understand death as the inevitable and final reality for all mortal beings no matter what we do. Read More ›
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Image: Hallucigenia, by Scorpion451, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Resolving Darwin’s Doubt, These Cambrian Fossils Are No Help

This is hierarchical organization, none of which is seen in the Precambrian layers beneath. Read More ›
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Photo: A marrellomorph from the Fezouata Formation, by Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionists Spin the Cambrian Explosion — But Alas, All in Vain

Fossils are great; the more the better. Experience from spectacular discoveries assures us that no surprises will change Charles Darwin's own cause for doubt. Read More ›
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Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world.  Read More ›
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Image credit: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator. (labeled by was_a_bee), CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

How Can a Woman Missing Her Olfactory Bulbs Still Smell?

The brain’s plasticity intrigues and puzzles researcher, and it also raises a larger issue. Read More ›
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Photo: Asteroid Ryugu, by Stuart Rankin, via Flickr (cropped).

Uracil Discovered on Asteroid Ryugu — What Does It Mean for the Origin of Life?

These Ryugu samples appear to be our first chance to examine which organic compounds may be produced in a prebiotic setting in our solar system. Read More ›
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Evolution’s Tall Tale — The Giraffe Neck

The engineering marvel that is the giraffe, long neck and all, was intelligently designed. Read More ›

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