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Photo: A Greenland shark may live as long as 500 years, by Hemming1952, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Death by Intelligent Design? A Biological Enigma

Limited lifespans, accompanied by reproductive continuation of the living organism, provide a sustainable balance for life. Read More ›
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Image credit: אהוד הלפרין, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Prehistoric Humans Were Not So Brutish After All

Overall, our ancestors have persistently failed to be anywhere near as stupid as current evolutionary theory requires.  Read More ›
fireweed
Photo credit: Robert Hedin.

Fireweed: An Example of Intelligent Latent Design

The photo with fireweed in the foreground at the top of this article was taken by my father, Robert Hedin, at Mount Shuksan in Washington State. Read More ›
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Image credit: Édouard Manet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fruit Is Designed for Life

This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation.  Read More ›
lions hunting
Photo: Lions hunting, by Corinata, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ecosystems — A Tribute to Intelligent Design, or to Chance and Adaptation?

Thinking about all the species of animals, birds, and fishes, it becomes apparent that each one requires a certain type of food, suitable for its anatomy. Read More ›
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Photo credit: John Liu, via Flickr (cropped).

The Marvel of a Seed

From a cursory examination, a seed may seem like a fairly simple little thing, but more analysis reveals layers of functional complexity. Read More ›
Zinc
Photo: Zinc, by Alchemist-hp (talk) (www.pse-mendelejew.de), FAL, via Wikimedia Commons.

Zinc and the Miracle of Man

Elemental zinc pulls together multiple themes that biologist Michael Denton writes about in his new book. Read More ›
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Photo: Harvester ants at the entrance to their nest, via Wikimedia Commons.

To Regulate Foraging, Harvester Ants Use a (Designed) Feedback Control Algorithm

These elements of harvester ant behavior present a severe challenge for the evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›
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American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History, by Ingfbruno / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

What Do Biologists Really Know About Macroevolution?

There lives in biology a great consensus truth that evaporates upon close scrutiny. Read More ›

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