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RuvAB
Image source: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (screen shot).

RuvAB: Another Elegant Molecular Motor Visualized

This machine looks like something out of a CAD/CAM project, but it’s found in bacteria. Read More ›
DNA
Photo credit: ANIRUDH via Unsplash.

Ralph Seelke: Remembering a Treasured Colleague

I first met you at a conference where you presented a paper on your experiment in long-term-evolution, or LTE. Read More ›
tuskless elephant
Photo: A tuskless elephant, by paulshaffner via Unsplash.

Michael Behe: Evolution, Devolution, Design

In Africa, having the devolutionary mutation that leaves an elephant tuskless renders the creature of no interest to elephant-slaying ivory poachers. Read More ›
Mammoth
Image credit: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Mammoth Support for Devolution

The more science progresses, the more hapless Darwin seems. Consider woolly mammoth DNA. Read More ›
milk
Photo credit: Mae Mu via Unsplash.

Much Ado About Lactase Persistence

Nothing shows the feebleness of Darwinism quite so much as breathless stories about brand new results. This week the topic was “lactase persistence.” Read More ›
coelacanth
Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: A Dead “Living Fossil”

Coelacanths are considered to be "living fossils," which do not sit well with Darwinian assumptions. Read More ›
Richard-Dawkins
Photo: Richard Dawkins, by Anders Hesselbom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Darwinian Theory Make the Same Predictions as Intelligent Design?

Richard Dawkins predicted that “a large fraction” of our genomes has no function, because, “The true ‘purpose’ of DNA is to survive, no more and no less." Read More ›
octopus eye
Photo credit: Nathan Rupert, via Flickr (cropped).

More Implausible Stories about Eye Evolution

Such accounts invoke the abrupt appearance of key features of advanced eyes including the lens, cornea, and iris. Read More ›
hubble_ngc6891_display
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).

What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design and What Are Its Theistic Implications?

Before Darwin, biologists attributed the beauty, integrated complexity, and adaptation of organisms to their environments to a powerful designing intelligence. Read More ›
RNA
Image: RNA, via Illustra Media’s documentary Origin.

Fact Check: Did University of Tokyo Researchers Explain the Origin of Life?

The research paper avers, “These results support the capability of molecular replicators to spontaneously develop complexity through Darwinian evolution.” Read More ›

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