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Paul Nelson

How to Build a Worm
Image: C. elegans, in a scene from How to Build a Worm, courtesy of Discovery Institute.

Ontogenetic Depth — A Problem for Evolution That’s Not Going Away

Being unable to measure ontogenetic depth is not good news for evolutionary theory. Read More ›
Photo: A leafhopper (Eupteryx aurata), by Sarefo [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

A Problem for Evolution Grows Worse: Brochosome Proteins Encoded By Orphan Genes

Brochosomes are intricate, symmetric, secretory granules forming super-oily coatings on the integuments of leafhoppers. Read More ›
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Photos: John West, teaches at the Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, by Daniel Reeves.

Great News — Extended Deadline for Summer Seminar Applications!

The Seminars have consistently borne great fruit. Graduate students, post-docs, even faculty are now doing research on intelligent design that will have an impact someday. Read More ›
Meyer-Seminar
Photo: Stephen Meyer teaches at the 2017 Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, by Daniel Reeves.

Deadline to Apply for Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Is Today, April 3!

At most colleges and universities, perhaps including the one you yourself attend, research and teaching about intelligent design is forbidden science. Read More ›
Fuxianhuia protensa
Photo credit: Fuxianhuia protensa, Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna, by Grahbudd [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Contradicting Darwinian Gradualism, Earliest Animals Show Complex Parental Behavior

Darwin himself realized that any kind of significant saltational change would imply a miracle-like intelligent intervention. Read More ›
Sternberg-Nelson
Photo: Evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg and philosopher of biology Paul Nelson, by Daniel Reeves.

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design — A Week in Seattle FREE — But You Must Apply by April 3

This is how we train the next generation of scientists and scholars in the leadership of the ID movement. Read More ›
Doges Palace
Image: Adam and Eve, Doge’s Palace, Venice, via Wikicommons.

Adam and the Genome — Review and Conclusion

In retrospect, where does the evidence stand? Here’s a summary: Venema’s main claims in light of the relevant science. Read More ›
Photo: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (NOT a naïve theologian), via Wikimedia Commons.

Adam and the Genome and Naïve Theology

It’s ironic to find Dietrich Bonhoeffer cited by Dennis Venema. Read More ›
ATP-synthase
Image source: ATP Synthase: The Power Plant of the Cell, via Discovery Institute.

Irreducible Complexity in Molecular Machine Assembly

We know that many molecular machines are irreducibly complex in their operation. Even more IC is the process of assembling them in the cell. Read More ›
Richard-Sternberg
Photo: Evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg teaching at the 2017 Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, by Daniel Reeves.

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, Deadline April 3 — The Education You Won’t Get in College

One of the consequences of academia’s embargo against ID is that students on their own university campuses can’t learn about evidence for design in nature. Read More ›

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