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Cold Water on “Dire Wolves”

"These are not dire wolves," says evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin. "These are gray wolves with 20 edited genes." Read More ›
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Photo: Display of Tiktaalik, Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, by Evolution News.

More Fishy Tales Afoot from Neil Shubin

Tiktaalik discoverer Neil Shubin from the University of Chicago searches for genetic clues between fish fins and tetrapod toes. Read More ›
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Revealing Darrel Falk’s Overstatements about Limb Bones in Fish Fins

The interpretation of the results as showing “latent” genetic capabilities has teleological overtones that are compatible with intelligent design. Read More ›
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Listen: Biochemist Michael Behe Puts Coronavirus in a Helpful Scientific Perspective

Are we 8 percent virus (when we’re not 98 percent chimpanzee)? Dr. Behe explains that it’s not quite that clear. Read More ›
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Biology Textbooks and the “God-Talk” Problem

A muddle emerges from textbooks’ unprincipled use of theology. Read More ›
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Punctuated Equilibria Is Back, but Still Magical

Calling it by a new name doesn’t change the essence of a theory relying on chance. Read More ›
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Image: Serikornis sungei, aka "Silky," by Emily Willoughby (e.deinonychus@gmail.com, http://emilywilloughby.com) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

With Two New Fossils, Evolutionists Rewrite Narratives to Accommodate Conflicting Evidence

Dubious procedures like these would be unthinkable in other natural sciences, such as physics. Read More ›

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