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Watch: Casey Luskin Debunks the “1 Percent” Myth

On a new podcast, Dr. Luskin explains the science that refutes the myth about humans and chimpanzees being separated by a genetic distance of just 1 percent. Read More ›
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Brian Miller: Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Theories

Is origin of life research going round in circles, like the proverbial snake in pursuit of its own tail? Read More ›
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Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes? Read More ›
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“Suspect Science”: Stephen Meyer and James Tour Bring Clarity on the Origin of Life

Helpfully, Meyer stops Tour again and again and asks for clarification of scientific terms and concepts that might not be obvious to all viewers. Read More ›
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“Safe to Question” — Another Graduate of Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Shares Her Story

Discovery Institute is populating a community of dissenters in academia with the annual all-expenses-paid Summer Seminars. Read More ›

Past Alien Civilizations Thesis Takes Another Blow

Evolutionists are at pains to convince us that the steps needed to produce something like us from scratch on a lifeless planet are a snap. Read More ›

On Prebiotic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Urges an Admission of Ignorance

Taking aim at biologists who assume the matter of life from nonlife is well in hand, Tour sets out this way. Read More ›
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Cosmic Archaeology: Taking the Sting Out of the Drake Equation

Could it be that life is so unlikely as to require a designer's guidance for it to come into existence? Read More ›

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