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Arabidopsis thaliana
Photo: Arabidopsis thaliana, © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5.

New Study in Nature Showing “Non-Random” Mutation Spells Trouble for Neo-Darwinism

The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

Darwin’s One Wrong Argument

Fom the standpoint of empirical science, continued claims that the evidence for evolution is “incontrovertible” might be better termed one long bluff. Read More ›
fruit fly
Photo: A fruit fly, by Macroscopic Solutions, via Flickr.

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Mutation

According to evolutionary biologist Thomas Cavalier-Smith, the idea that DNA contains all the information needed to make an organism “is simply false.” Read More ›
Darwin's finch
Photo: Darwin's finch, by Victor Gleim, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Natural Selection

When the drought ended and the rains returned, however, food was plentiful, and the average beak size returned to normal. Read More ›
young Darwin statue
young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

What Are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?

No sane person believes that nothing changes over time, or that the cosmos, technology, and culture have no history. Read More ›
Eugenie Scott
Image: Eugenie Scott, via YouTube (screenshot).

Blast from the Past: Eugenie Scott’s Failed Prediction on Pseudogenes

Scott confidently asserts that because of mutations the beta-globin pseudogene “isn’t going to do diddly. It’s just going to sit there.” Read More ›
Arabidopsis thaliana
Photo: Arabidopsis thaliana, © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5.

Plant Biologist: “Mutation Is Very Non-Random”

Many people I know in the ID community are strongly interested in rethinking mutation, understanding it as a designed or regulated process. Read More ›
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#3 Story of 2021: In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists on “Waiting Time” Problem for Coordinated Mutations

The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Read More ›
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Photo: NGC 6891, by NASA, ESA, A. Hajian (University of Waterloo), H. Bond (Pennsylvania State University), and B. Balick (University of Washington); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America).

The Return to the God Paradigm

The year 2021 witnessed the publication of three similarly but not identically themed books which all oppose the current evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›

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