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Photo credit: Katja Schulz, via Flickr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.

Trillions of Cicadas Sing of Intelligent Design

Eastern U.S. states will see a natural phenomenon that hasn’t occurred for many years: the coordinated emergence of two broods of noisy cicadas. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Stephanie LeBlanc, via Unsplash.

A Question on New Genes and Animal Origins

A correspondent wrote to us with an interesting question about evolution that arose in a discussion he had with a biologist. Read More ›
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Photo: A fruit fly, by Macroscopic Solutions, via Flickr (cropped).

Sophisticated Precision in Fruit Fly Sensory Systems

Pause before you swat. The sensory systems of fruit flies that let them discern their surroundings look as if they had been engineered. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Franco Gancis via Unsplash.

Intelligent Design in Unlovable Creatures

Between cells and humans, there are millions of "ugly duckling" species that are beautiful in their own way. Read More ›
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Photo: Berlin Wall, by Noir, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Darwin Wall Still Stands; but for How Long?

The tyranny of Darwinism in academia does not yet allow for open exchange of ideas and debate over origins. Read More ›
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Photo: Asteroid Ryugu, by Stuart Rankin, via Flickr (cropped).

Uracil Discovered on Asteroid Ryugu — What Does It Mean for the Origin of Life?

These Ryugu samples appear to be our first chance to examine which organic compounds may be produced in a prebiotic setting in our solar system. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Lars Plougmann from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Meet the Ghostly Organisms that Rescue the Planet

A man was paddleboarding last month when he came across a mysterious creature three miles off the shoreline of California. Read More ›
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Animals Tune Behavior by  Lunar Cycle; but How?

Researchers in Austria think they have found a clue: a cryptochrome protein that appears to respond to the lunar cycle. Read More ›
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Image: RNA, via Illustra Media’s documentary Origin.

#3 Story of 2022: Did 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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Photo credit: Günter Bechly.

Dave Farina Criticizes Intelligent Design but Doesn’t Understand It

Boom! There goes the “exquisitely documented” evolution of turtles. Sorry, Professor Dave. Read More ›

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