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Photo: Michael Behe teaching at the Summer Seminars, Seattle, by Janine Solfelt.

2019 Summer Seminars in Seattle: Study with Michael Behe and Other ID Superstars

Other teachers are drawn from the ranks of those 1000+ Darwin-doubting scientists who have publicly identified themselves. Read More ›
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Photo: Midge chromosomes, by Dr. Josef Reischig [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design, Common Descent, and a Qualification

I had someone ask whether, in a previous post, I meant universal common descent (UCD) or more limited common descent. Read More ›
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Photo: Humpback whale, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionary Relationships In Echolocation — An Obsession that Smothers Wonder

Perhaps it is awe-inspiring to evolutionary biologists to try to work a puzzle, trying to find how everything is connected by common ancestry.  Read More ›
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Image: From the trailer for The Blob (screenshot), by Paramount Pictures [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

From Darwin’s Rhapsody, to The Blob

A friend recommends this passage from biologist Wayne Rossiter’s book Shadow of Oz for its delightful analogy. Read More ›
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Image: Dark finger reef crab (Etisus dentatus), an illustration from James Dana’s book Crustacea (1855), via Wikimedia Commons.

A Tendentious Appeal for Methodological Naturalism

Dawes and Smith say they’re simply describing (as a “matter of fact”) the history of science. Read More ›
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Photo: Earth from Apollo 10, May 18, 1969, via NASA.

Listen: Morality in a Meaningless World

Discovery Institute fellow Paul Nelson interviews Rabbi Moshe Averick. Read More ›
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Why Argue with Intelligent Design? Offer Drive-By Psychotherapy Instead!

Avoiding serious discussion of design in nature (and of many other questions) fills a need. Read More ›
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Photo: Zebrafish embryo at 28 hours, via University of Basel. 

Out of One Cell, Many Tissues — But How?

Scientists are delving into the remarkable way a zygote grows through its embryonic stages to an adult. Read More ›
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Next Time I Need a Therapist, I’m Staying Away from Jeremy P. Shapiro

For remarkable blindness to his own “thinking errors,” Dr. Shapiro gets a prize. Read More ›
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Image: Paul Nelson, in a scene from “How to Build a Worm,” courtesy of Discovery Institute.

Online Seminar: Paul Nelson Will Discuss Ontogenetic Depth — in Depth! 

Paul acknowledges that OD is currently impossible to measure — so why talk about it live, while fielding questions? Tune in and find out. Read More ›

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