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A Beautifully Illustrated Open Access Review Article on DNA Topoisomerases

Crick and Watson realized, very early on, that the winding double helix of DNA would cause all kinds of nasty tangles. Read More ›
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DNA Storage Goes Biological

DNA is already known to be an ideal storage medium. Why not use cells to do the hard work? Read More ›
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Frontiers of ID: Microscopic Ecologies

Public health lecturer James Hamblin at Yale decided to go without showers — for five years! Read More ›
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#7 Story of 2020: Darwin Is on the Roof

Books by Behe, and other ID theorists doing an independent of audit of evolutionary thinking, find devastating faults in the theory. Read More ›
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Galápagos Finches — Some Contradictions Solved

The authors offer a selectionist explanation, which is nevertheless uncertain. Note the repeated use of the subjunctive. Read More ›
Michael Behe
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Does Behe Ignore Critics? Find Out in a Live Webinar Saturday

One of the weirdly persistent themes in attacks on him by other biologists is that he "waves away" opposing interpretations. Read More ›
Geospiza fortis
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Galápagos Finches — A Paradigm of the Limits of Natural Selection?

They are not, per the National Academy of Sciences, a “particularly convincing example for speciation.” Read More ›
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Darwin Is on the Roof — New Book from Michael Behe, Available Now

The public is being prepared very slowly for the demise of Darwinian evolutionary theory. It wasn’t planned this way, but it is how things are playing out. Read More ›
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Are Galápagos Finches “Evolution in Action”?

In a series of posts starting today, I offer some notes on the question of whether macroevolution is happening on the Galápagos Islands. Read More ›
Mexican free-tailed bats
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Animals Set World Records

Some of the most unexpected animals, many of them tiny, are capable of world-record feats. Read More ›

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