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Image: A zebrafish, by yourgenome, via Flickr.

Revealing Darrel Falk’s Overstatements about Limb Bones in Fish Fins

The interpretation of the results as showing “latent” genetic capabilities has teleological overtones that are compatible with intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: Archaeopteryx, by James L. Amos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ten Reasons Why Birds Are Not Living Dinosaurs

Natural selection can explain “the survival of the fittest but not the arrival of the fittest.” Read More ›
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The “Why” of the Fly “Y”: Reflections on “Junk” DNA

Let us give some thought to the Y chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster, that engaging fly which is the bond-servant of genetics. Read More ›
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Blurring the Line Between Natural and Artificial

As technology mimics nature, at what point might future investigators be unsure about natural versus intelligent causes? Read More ›
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The “Three Cardinal Problems of Biology”

We still are not close to designing any self-replicating machine. That is still pure science fiction. Read More ›
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Remind Me Again Why We Picked Polar Bears?

The core difficulty for some scientists who read Michael Behe’s book is also the key idea at its heart. Read More ›
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Aristotle and Universal Darwinism

The greatest engine of atheism in modern times — Darwin’s theory — is nothing more than a bastardization of the strongest philosophical argument for God’s existence. Read More ›
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Photo: D. melanogaster, by By Sanjay Acharya [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

On the Evolutionary Origin of New Genes, Stephen Meyer Is Vindicated Again

Most studies simply infer or invent some story about the evolution of a gene without any experimental tests. Read More ›

With a Startling Candor, Oxford Scientist Admits a Gaping Hole in Evolutionary Theory

This just in: A rather basic question fundamental to any evolutionary account of life’s development — how “genotypes generate phenotypes,” in other words how genes build an individual creature — remains totally obscure to science.

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