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“Notions” About Metamorphosis Fall Short of Scientific Explanations

Saying that a mathematical model “supports the notion” of how metamorphosis evolved should not grace the pages of an esteemed scientific journal. Read More ›
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Remembering Jonathan Wells, a Key Figure in the Intelligent Design Movement

When I spoke to Jonathan about the cost he paid in standing for his principles, he remarked that his decision to do prison time contained a blessing. Read More ›
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Optimization: A Theoretical Principle That Is Predictive for Biology

Are biological mechanisms optimized, or do they function poorly, evidence of their “poor design”? Read More ›
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Ignorance of Evolutionary Theory as a “Superpower”

Early in her career, Celeste Nelson tried to publish a paper on chicken lung development. The reviewers were not very interested in her findings. Read More ›
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Is Consciousness a Recent Development?

Few stopped to ask how a poet like Homer wrote the Iliad if he really was not conscious himself. Read More ›
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An Outstanding Year for Intelligent Design 

I saw on multiple occasions the impact the truth about design can make in individual lives. Recently at U.C. Berkeley, I spoke about the evidence for a Creator. Read More ›
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Dembski Won the Argument with His Critics; New Edition of The Design Inference Shows How

The expanded edition represents the culmination of decades of thought. Esteemed Princeton University mathematician Sergiu Klainerman has welcomed the book. Read More ›
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Peter Singer Compares Abortion to Turning Off a Computer

Singer first claims that should an AI ever become “sentient,” turning it off would be akin to killing a being with the highest moral value. Read More ›
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Cyclic Universe Can’t Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

The recent flutter over whether the James Webb Space Telescope’s data stream is a plus or a minus for the Big Bang raised interesting cosmological issues. Read More ›
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Could We Ever Recover Dinosaur DNA?

There have been a number of unexpected finds from dinosaurs besides bones; some paleontologists dig hopefully. Read More ›

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