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Making Predictions Against Design

From back when I was a sophomore taking biochemistry, one particular event stands out in my memory, perhaps because it was such an odd thing. Read More ›
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Photo at the top: Prague astronomical clock, by Andrew Shiva, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!

Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal. Read More ›
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Image: Mitochondria, showing inner and outer membranes, by Terrence G. Frey [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Genetic Surprises Support Intelligent Design Claims

Several news items reinforce ideas advanced by ID advocates regarding junk DNA, irreducible complexity, and human uniqueness. Read More ›
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Image credit: Jawahar Swaminathan and MSD staff at the European Bioinformatics Institute [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Orderly Disorder: A Molecular Motor Regulated by IDP

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are common in cells. Can a disordered protein regulate a molecular motor? Read More ›
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Photo credit: A cornfield, by Freestyle nl [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Does T-urf13 Refute Irreducible Complexity? A Response to Arthur Hunt

Since 2007, Hunt has been claiming to have refuted Michael Behe’s thesis that irreducible complexity cannot arise by mindless evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Sylas Boesten via Unsplash.

On Being Human — A Reflection

Evolutionary biologist David Barash is a man on a mission. He wants to make sure that we all know we are only human, and that means we are only animal. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Christiaan Colen, via Flickr (cropped).

Does Barcoding DNA Reveal a Single Human Ancestral Pair?

I don’t think the study can claim all the things it does based on the evidence they have. Read More ›
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Modern Software and Biological Organisms: Object-Oriented Design

Let’s consider the eye, which is but one of many subsystems (along with the brain, heart, liver, lungs, etc.) in higher animals that coordinate their tasks to keep an organism alive. Read More ›
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Hunter: With Darwinism, “The Theory Is Always Driving the Ideas In Spite of the Evidence”

Mitochondria, the powerhouse of eukaryotic cells, pose a powerful and newly acute problem for evolution. Read More ›
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Rewrite the Textbooks (Again): Origin of Mitochondria Blown Up

Why are evolutionists always wrong? And why are they always so sure of themselves? Read More ›

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