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Michael Behe’s Darwin Devolves — When You’re Ready to Think for Yourself

The idea that scientists are like tribal elders, to be respected and never questioned, much less smirked at (God forbid), is one possible perspective. Read More ›
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As Predicted by Intelligent Design, “Junk” Introns Are Actually Functional

ID proponents have long predicted that functions would be uncovered for such non-coding DNA. Read More ›
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“Junk DNA” Suffers a Blow as Nature Papers Find “Global Function” for Introns in Budding Yeast

All of this calls to mind a comment from biologist John Mattick, a critic of the junk DNA paradigm. Read More ›
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Genetics and Epigenetics — New Problems for Darwinism

Scientists watched microbes inherit extreme acid resistance in Yellowstone hot springs not through genetics, but through epigenetics. Read More ›
Unity and Diversity of Life

Evolution Miseducation at the University of Utah

If you want your sons and daughters to be well educated about evolution, then hope their biology teachers don’t rely on materials from the Genetic Science Learning Center. Read More ›
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Does Barcoding DNA Reveal a Single Human Ancestral Pair?

I don’t think the study can claim all the things it does based on the evidence they have. Read More ›
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Encore Performances in the Design of Life

News from Princeton discusses the work of Tom Smith and Bridgett vonHoldt, who have solved a “long-standing finch beak mystery.” The answer turned out to be Mendelian, not Darwinian. Read More ›
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Rewriting Human Origins, Ongoing in East Asia

The reason all these new discoveries are so noteworthy is not because they represent the usual progress of science. Read More ›
Inside the Scallop

Can You Say That in Nature? Dobzhansky’s Evolution Cliché Is Becoming Passé

“Nothing in biology makes sense except…” Go ahead; complete that sentence yourself, with a yawn.  Read More ›

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