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Photo: A student gains “hands-on” experience with DNA with an inexpensive BioBits kit, by Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

Biomimetics Moves STEM Education in an Intriguing Direction

An initiative by a major biomimetics lab to prepare students for careers in STEM introduces them to biological coding. Read More ›
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Photo: An orangutan, by entrecon, via Pixabay.

For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology

In an excerpt from his new book, Professor Flannery identifies Darwin's principal failing in developing his theory. Read More ›
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Photo: Mylodon darwinii, lower jaw, Natural History Museum, Berlin, by FunkMonk [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

Doctor’s Diary: Inexplicable Species and the Theory of Evolution

Man has been searching for fossils, or stumbling upon them, for millennia. Read More ›
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Photo: Ariel toucan (Ramphastos ariel), by Ana Cotta [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Discovering Alfred Russel Wallace

For those who wish to caricature the theory of intelligent design, Wallace becomes a very inconvenient historical figure. Read More ›
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Photo credit: “Beetles collected in the Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace” (cropped), ©Natural History Museum, London, via Flickr.

Intelligent Design and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution — Different Yet the Same

Wallace was the co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of evolution by natural selection. He later broke with Darwin over the question of teleology. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Screen shot from The Biology of the Baroque, courtesy of Discovery Institute. 

Update: Still No Evolutionary Explanation for Human Language

“The case that human language develops step by step through natural selection is weakened by the fact that no single language gene has ever been discovered.” Read More ›
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Photo: Golden trevally accompany a giant grouper in the Georgia Aquarium. By Diliff [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0or CC BY 2.5 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Who Was Ludwig von Bertalanffy and Why Does He Matter?

Bertalanffy’s systems-based approach continued under George Klir, and is carried on today by Dr. Richard Sternberg, who studied under Klir. Read More ›
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Alfred Russel Wallace — New Biography Is a Defeater for Arguments for Theistic Evolution

Wallace broke with Darwin and became, arguably, the founding father of modern intelligent design theory. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Luca Galuzzi (Lucag) [CC BY-SA 2.5 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Giraffe Weekend: Can Sexual Selection Save This Evolutionary Icon?

Geneticist Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig concludes that, “Sexual selection is not the cause of the long-necked giraffe.” Read More ›
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Photo: Snapdragons, by Off2riorob (talk) [CC BY 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Three Ways that Plants Defy Darwin’s Mechanism

Plants have no brains and limited mobility, yet they have mechanisms to thrive in place. One mechanism involves the prevention of inbreeding. Read More ›

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