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For Darwinism, Here Is the Problem with Butterfly Mimicry

The usual explanation we hear is that the butterflies, spiders, plants, etc., “evolved this way in order to” survive predators. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA & MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Hope for Mars Life Is Dashed Again

Subsequent landers discovered a high concentration of perchlorates in the soil. Perchlorates are chlorinated salts, often used in fireworks. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Two Poems for Europa, Jupiter’s Lifeless Moon

Ms. Limón’s poem doesn't quite capture the aliveness of Earth and the likely deadness of Europa. So, here's one that better reflects these themes. Read More ›
Gliese 12b
Image: Gliese 12b (artist's imagining), via NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Interstellar Travel: Fantasy or Destiny?

Borrowing from science fiction, one of the more intriguing possibilities for interstellar travel involves nullifying the inertia of the entire spaceship. Read More ›
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Photo: Curiosity rover on Mars, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

Proteins Are Rare and Isolated — And Thus, Cannot Evolve

Here is a simple analogy. Imagine a planetary rover lands on the north pole of a planet, and the humans controlling it wish to drive to the south pole. Read More ›
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Image: A LIDAR scan, © Heiko Prümers / DAI.

Detected: Intelligent Designs in the Amazon Jungle

With LIDAR technology, the angle of incidence of a signal can reveal designs hiding in plain sight. Read More ›
alien life
Photo credit: Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash.

Meyer, Krauss, Nelson: UAPs, UFOs, and Panspermia

The fact that we can't identify the UAPs, in light of our own "limited scientific imagination," should not be permitted to manipulate us into a false dilemma. Read More ›
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Let There Be Light — New Book from Michael Denton Continues Privileged Species Series

This is intelligent design that sweeps the planet, covering not biology alone, but chemistry, geology, and physics. Read More ›

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