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There Is No Settled “Theory of Evolution”

What is evolution? In other words, what is core to the theory — and not forfeitable? It’s naturalism. Period. Read More ›
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New Bird Migration Secrets Revealed

Advances in live data logging show how birds do it: get from here to there. Some surprises were uncovered in recent experiments. Read More ›
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Peppered Moths and More: Intelligent Design Takes Ownership of Evolution Icons

Darwinians never had a rightful claim to them in the first place. Read More ›
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Encore Performances in the Design of Life

News from Princeton discusses the work of Tom Smith and Bridgett vonHoldt, who have solved a “long-standing finch beak mystery.” The answer turned out to be Mendelian, not Darwinian. Read More ›
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From Micro to Macro Scales, Intelligent Design Is in the Details

From the molecular nanomachines within a tiny cell to the large-scale structure of the universe, design is everywhere to be found. Read More ›
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Sick of the Oxygen Theory of the Cambrian Explosion? Here’s the Cancer Theory

Once upon a time, a cell became a tumor. Animals were soon to follow. Read More ›
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Telescope-Like Eyes in a “Simple” Mollusk

Scientists were dumbfounded to find shellfish looking at them with hundreds of elegantly designed eyes. Read More ›
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In Bio-Inspired Engineering, De Facto Design Science Flourishes

Researchers may not call it ID, but what else do you call admiration for natural engineering that inspires attempts to imitate it? Read More ›

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