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Image: RNA, via Illustra Media’s documentary Origin.

Newly Published Paper in BioEssays Recognizes Kuhnian “Paradigm Shift” Against Junk DNA

A new theory “emerges first in the mind of one or a few individuals” but then it spreads because the field faces “crisis-provoking problems.” Read More ›
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Can Science Escape Faith-Based Beliefs? Maybe It Needs Them!

"There is no way to venture into the unknown without this guiding light, and that light comes from a source that is not completely known." Read More ›
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Can the Quantum Realm Explain Reality?

If we can uncover the smallest quantum particles in nature, will we have uncovered the fundamental secrets of reality? Read More ›
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Darwin, We Have a Problem: Horse Teeth Are Not Less Evolved

Time to debunk another evolutionary story by questioning underlying Darwinian assumptions about how things came to be. Read More ›
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More Turbulence at the Base of the Tree of Life

For a theory whose empirical strength is so great that it cannot be doubted, universal common descent certainly is doubted a lot. Read More ›
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Listen: Ignaz Semmelweis Against the “Experts”

It’s just one of many historical instances of experts clinging to an old paradigm in the face of contrary scientific evidence they don’t like. Read More ›
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Biologist Michael Denton: Paradigm Shifts

Dr. Denton reflects on paradigm shifts in science he’s witnessed in his lifetime and how his own thinking has changed. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and Natural Theology

How just is the imputation of “neo-creationist” tendencies to members of the intelligent design community? Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
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Bechly on Denton’s Latest: “Seminal,” a “Milestone in this Ongoing Scientific Revolution”

"In this seminal new book, distinguished biologist Michael Denton takes the fine-tuning argument for intelligent design to a whole new level." Read More ›
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Michael Denton: When Paradigms Shifts

Dr. Denton reflects on paradigm shifts that he’s witnessed, how his own thinking has changed, and how these shifts challenge Darwinian evolution in new ways. Read More ›

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