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Cambrian Explosion Remains the Gift that Keeps on Giving

These representative papers show that the Cambrian Explosion remains a huge enigma for evolutionists. Read More ›
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Designer Science Misrepresents Aristotle and Ignores Church History

C. W. Howell contrasts intelligent design with what he believes is Aquinas’ and Aristotle’s understanding of teleology (purpose) in nature. Read More ›
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Under Aesthetic Arrest: Even an Atheist Might Stop and Think

Humans are the only creatures with a capacity for appreciating beauty beyond a rudimentary attraction to something eye-catching, shiny, or colorful. Read More ›
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The Story to Which Biology, Considered Honestly, Must Lead

Perhaps the most arresting challenge to the materialist account of life is one that cannot be quantified at all. Read More ›
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“Beyond Mendel”: Leading Investigators Appeal for a New Genetics

Top-down causation makes a lot more sense from a design perspective than from any reductionist, lower-levels-first approach. Read More ›
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Between Life and the Cosmos, Which Provides Better Evidence for Design?

Caught on video in the back of a car, in which he was riding with pastor Doug Wilson, Christopher Hitchens said this about himself and his fellow atheists. Read More ›
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The Information Enigma and Gratuitous Beauty: In Theaters on April 30

It's intelligent design as you've never seen it before. Find inspiration, and share it with friends and family. Read More ›
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The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Read More ›
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Fascinating Hypothesis from Weinstein: Repetitive “Junk” DNA Stores Integer Variables

This opens up a world of potential functions for repetitive DNA that open-minded scientists can consider. Read More ›
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Platonic Minds: How Stuart Burgess’s Ultimate Engineering Challenges Maverick Biologist Michael Levin

Levin faces a measure problem analogous to that in cosmology, resulting from the optimality of biological designs. Read More ›

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