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Photo credit: A statue of Darwin as a young man was commissioned at Christ’s College, Cambridge University, to celebrate the Darwin bicentenary in 2009, with Prince Philip immediately to the right of Darwin. Photo by fortheloveofknowledge [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

A Darwinian Pilgrimage

Darwin still has some cachet among design advocates. In this I differ from some of my friends and colleagues. Read More ›
Are we alone?
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Image credit: An imagined alien “super-Earth,” by ESO/M. Kornmesser, via NASA.

Are We Alone in the Cosmos? Here’s a Real Paradox for You

The problem is, none of these people cite papers or other writing by researchers on intelligent design, like the work done by Douglas Axe on protein evolution probabilities. Read More ›
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Photo: Kainops invius, by Moussa Direct Ltd. (Moussa Direct Ltd. image archive) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Alleged Refutation of the Cambrian Explosion Confirms Abruptness, Vindicates Meyer 

The top-down pattern of appearance of animal phyla during the Cambrian explosion represents major conflicting evidence for Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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Photo credit: “Jets of organic molecules, and molecular oxygen were found emerging from comet 67P/C-G,” by European Space Agency via Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology.

With New Theory of the Cambrian Explosion, Scientists Reach (Literally) for the Stars

Darwinists will respond with the usual mirthless hyena laughter. But this is no joke. Read More ›
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Transhumanism: A Wail of Despair in the Night

Transhumanists seek to “seize control of human evolution” by harnessing the naked power of biotech, cyber tech, and computer tech. Read More ›
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Photo: John Lennox, by Pro Medienmagazin, via Flickr.

Oxford’s John Lennox on Stephen Hawking’s “Grand Design”

The time for eulogies is now, but that time will pass. Read More ›
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Farewell, Stephen Hawking

Recently, there was the increasing sense that he was being exploited by the media for his brilliant reputation. Read More ›
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Image: Illustration from Frankenstein, 1922, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Google books) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Frankenstein 200 Years Later: Have We Heeded the Warning?

Shelley’s cautionary tale of a scientific experiment run amok has profound implications for today’s bioethics debates. Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and Human Genetic Diversity

Nobody in the ID community is capable of showing Dennis Venema to be wrong? Well, that’s a bit heavy on the attitude. Read More ›
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For U.K. Students, Education or Indoctrination?

A new study from Nature Ecology & Evolution supposedly shows that acceptance of evolution is linked to lack of scientific knowledge. Read More ›

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