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Photo: Humpback whale, by National Marine Sanctuaries, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Universal Optimal Design of Vertebrate Limbs

When we look at feats of human engineering, like vehicles, skyscrapers, and computers, we don’t doubt our intuition that they’re intelligently designed. Read More ›
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New Research: Stuart Burgess Demonstrates the Exquisite Engineering of Human Limbs

Burgess’s research represents yet another nail in the coffin of the standard evolutionary model. Read More ›
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Fitness Landscapes Demonstrate Perfection in Vertebrate Limbs Resulted from Intelligent Design

These observations present two dire challenges to undirected evolutionary models. Read More ›
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Deep Fakes and Propaganda for Artificial General Intelligence

The video shows a supposed table tennis match between a robot and a top human player. Yet the video is not of an actual match. Read More ›
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Photo: Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum, a peace lily, by JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Some Science Contexts, “Emergence” Really Means “We Don’t Know How”

The word often permits the improbable to be considered probable for the purposes of sounding like science without providing any. Read More ›
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Photo: Cephalotes atratus, a turtle ant, by Eduardo Estrada, Wildlife & Conservation Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ant Navigation Fascinates Engineers

Eric Cassell asks, “How did these complex programmed behaviors originate?” The question deserves a better answer than, “They evolved.” Read More ›
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Is the Human Ankle Badly Designed?

Stuart Burgess, one of Britain’s top engineers, explains how the skeletal joints in the human body are masterpieces of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?

We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined. Read More ›
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Squirrel Acrobatics Amaze Scientists

The other day, walking down a tree-lined street, we were startled by a sudden crash and scramble at our feet.  Read More ›
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Wise Oysters, Galloping Sea Stars, and More: Biological Marvels Keep Coming

There is more going on in biology than is dreamt of in materialist philosophy.  Read More ›

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