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Image: Fox and hares, Japanese fine prints, pre-1915, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

From Materialist Biologists, a Profound Capitulation

I have warned that one of the few remaining avenues that naturalism can take to rescue its paradigm is to appropriate “purpose” within a materialist framework. Read More ›
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“Notions” About Metamorphosis Fall Short of Scientific Explanations

Saying that a mathematical model “supports the notion” of how metamorphosis evolved should not grace the pages of an esteemed scientific journal. Read More ›
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Medical Journal Has a Ghoulish Proposal: Conjoining Euthanasia with Organ Harvesting

This much is clear: We are far down the road of objectifying the bodies of suicidal people to permit unethical acts. Read More ›
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Thanks to Optimal Design, Eyes and Brain Give a Glimpse of the Future

Although the brain can process images at breakneck speed, there are physical limits to how fast neural impulses can travel from the eye to the brain. Read More ›
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The Interactome Multiplies Specified Complexity

No longer think of proteins as isolated parts in a cell. Think of them as friends networking and participating together in a community. Read More ›
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Saving Humans Is More Important than Saving Pigs

A potential avenue of increasing the supply of organs — xenotransplantation — is not, in my view, morally problematic in the least. Read More ›
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Try to Write Instructions for a Femur; Go On, Just Try

Professor Behe invites us to join him for a sobering thought experiment: attempting to build an instruction manual for a human femur bone. Read More ›
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New on YouTube: Michael Behe Unravels the Mystery of Biological Information — And the Marvel of Bones

The question posed by considering evolutionary theory versus intelligent design is whether a marvel like the femur could have arisen by chance-driven processes. Read More ›
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Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel? It’s Essential for Life, and Likely an Indicator of Intelligent Design

Nickel is an essential element in the human body, but too much is toxic. Here’s another element our planet had to provide. Read More ›
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Photo: A flat-fish, by Kevin Mc Loughlin via Pixabay .

Darwin’s Top 10 Arguments Against His Own Theory

In its youth the flat-fish is symmetrical with one eye on each side. However, as the body matures, one eye “begins to glide slowly round the head.” Read More ›

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