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Fossil Friday: A Scientific Controversy About Warm-Blooded Animals

How do popularizers of Darwinism such as Richard Dawkins react? Unsurprisingly, they just ignore the evidence. Read More ›
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Non-Evolution of the Wet Dog Shake

Common things can become extraordinary when examined by science. In this research, evolutionists need not apply. Read More ›
Cynognathus
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Fossil Friday: New Fossil Evidence Challenges Another Icon of Evolution

This would have been very interesting news to my friend and colleague Jonathan Wells, who had described many such cases in his ground-breaking books. Read More ›
swimming bear
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From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

Critics laughed at this, and Darwin removed it from later editions of his book, though he continued privately to believe it. Read More ›
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Developmental Biology of Vertebrate Skeletons Shows Similarities are Better Explained by Design

Evolutionists assume that the traits they classify as homologous share similarities due to their having evolved from a common ancestor. Read More ›
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Hippos, Cheetahs, Bats: Mammals Master Physics

Whether sleek, lumbering, or aerobatic, mammals are well equipped with the know-how to push their movements to the limits of the possible. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Time Wanderers Debunk Popular Scenario of Mammalian Evolution

The crude Darwinist presumption of more advanced descendants outcompeting their primitive ancestors turned out to be wrong once again. Read More ›
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Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism

Reductionism is a method for understanding something by minimizing it to a very simple level that can be restricted to abstract language. Read More ›
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Is the Panda’s Thumb Suboptimal?

The basic argument is that “[o]dd arrangements and funny solutions” point to evolution whereas “ideal design” points to a “sensible God.” Read More ›
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In Bats and Other Animals, Evidence of Common Design in a Magnetic Compass

There has been little data previously to confirm that mammals navigate long distances using the earth’s geomagnetic field. Read More ›

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