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Icefish
Photo credit: (c) Marrabbio2, via Wikimedia Commons.

Scientific Paper Argues Antarctic Icefish “Designed to Utilize Hemoglobinless Blood”

“Proponents of intelligent design see customizations to decrease blood viscosity as examples of teleology in biology.” Read More ›
chicken embryo
embryonic development
Photo: Chicken embryo, by Ben Skála (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Peer-Reviewed Paper Shows Vertebrate Embryonic Variation Contradicts Common Ancestry

Evolutionary biologists often argue that vertebrate embryos develop in highly similar manners, reflecting their common ancestry. Read More ›
Walking_whales
Photo: Pakicetus and Ambulocetus by Thewissen 2009, via Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Fossil Friday: Walking Whales and Why All Critiques of the Waiting Time Problem Fail

These fossils are often celebrated as missing links and a success story for Darwinism. Read More ›
balance scale
Image credit: Vicki Hamilton via Pixabay.

Luskin: Why Intelligent Design over Theistic Evolution?

Casey Luskin give a peek behind the scenes of ID 3.0, the current research program inspired by the intelligent design framework. Read More ›
chilly
Photo credit: Robert Zunikoff, via Unsplash.

The Challenge from Jason Rosenhouse

"The response would be a lot chillier if they tried the same arguments in front of audiences with the relevant expertise." Is that so? Read More ›
Luskin Shapiro
Image source: Unbelievable? via YouTube (screenshot).

Luskin, Shapiro: Has Intelligent Design Waned?

Shapiro suggests that ID often amounts to a presenter highlighting an amazing feature in biology and then giving glory to God. Read More ›
Luskin Shapiro
Image source: Unbelievable? via YouTube (screenshot).

“Is Intelligent Design Advancing?” Watch the Debate with Casey Luskin and Adam Shapiro Now

At about 54 minutes in, Shapiro delivers a highly caricatured portrait of intelligent design, as an argument from amazement. Read More ›
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#3 Story of 2021: In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists on “Waiting Time” Problem for Coordinated Mutations

The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Read More ›
Brian Miller
Photo: Brian Miller in a scene from Science Uprising.

The Proles, the Party, and a Science Uprising

Our tech rulers are quite the egalitarians. Sure, they believe that cheap entertainments for all have an important role. Read More ›
flagellum
irreducible complexity
Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

New BIO-Complexity Paper Details Complexity of Function and Assembly of Bacterial Flagellum

The author, Dean Schulz, an engineer with a PhD in computer science, takes a “bottom up” approach. Read More ›

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