Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

mutations

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.

Protein Evolution, the Waiting-Time Problem, and the Intriguing Possibility of Two First Parents

After being asked to evaluate the scientific case against Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger dove into population genetics. Read More ›
Plesioplatecarpus planifroms
Photo: <I>Plesioplatecarpus planifroms</I>, MCDinosaurhunter via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Mosasaurs in the Cretaceous

The math of population genetics precludes a Darwinian origin of these new genes in such a short time. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: lisichik, via Pixabay.

Evolutionist Claims ChatGPT “Lies About Junk DNA”

A null hypothesis, such as expecting the absence of function in non-coding DNA, reveals a presupposition that biases one’s interpretation of the evidence.  Read More ›
EichengallenvonUnten1abcxyzq
Photo: Agamous generation of red-pea gall of gall wasp Cynips divisa on oak leaf, by Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig.

Do Plant Galls Falsify Darwinism?

Charles Darwin was profoundly interested in plant galls, and Darwin himself proposed the challenge these and other forms may pose to his ideas. Read More ›
woolly mammoth
Image credit: Mauricio Antón, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Even More Mammoth Devolution

The lesson from woolly mammoth studies, and many other ones, is that it is much faster and easier to break or blunt a gene than to improve or make a new one. Read More ›
Lenski’s terrific LTEE
distinctions
Photo: Richard Lenski’s LTEE, by Brian Baer and Neerja Hajela [CC BY-SA 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Behe on Why Lenski’s Experiments Show Devolution, Not Evolution

Biochemist Michael Behe reviews the well-known Long Term Evolution Experiment at Michigan State. Read More ›
chicken embryo
embryonic development
Photo: Chicken embryo, by Ben Skála (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Will Evolutionists Ever Take Falsification Seriously? A Response to P. Z. Myers

Can there be a better example of trying to argue that whatever the evidence, evolution is the answer? Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

Peer-Reviewed Paper: “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›
giraffe
Photo credit: Ryan Louderback via Unsplash.

Evolution’s Tall Tale — The Giraffe Neck

The engineering marvel that is the giraffe, long neck and all, was intelligently designed. Read More ›
Feather
Photo copyright: Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: A Waiting Time Problem for Feathers

Wherever you look in the history of life you stumble upon overwhelming evidence for design. Read More ›

© Discovery Institute