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Authors

Douglas Axe
Photo provided by Doug Axe.
Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
Photo courtesy of Celeste Behe.
David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
Photo by Nathan Jacobson, © Discovery Institute (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bruce Gordon
Photo courtesy of Bruce Gordon
Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Photo courtesy of Stephen Iacoboni
David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Photo provided by Katja Deborah Lönnig
Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

tentacles

Drosera
Photo: Drosera, by Shiv's fotografia, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
February 21, 2024
Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Carnivory in Plants: A Problem for Evolution

Jonathan McLatchie
February 21, 2024
Anatomy, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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The paper highlights features of carnivorous plants that exhibit irreducible complexity, a characteristic of designed systems, citing the work of Michael Behe. Read More ›
Cambrian Bryozoa
Photo: Fossil bryozoan, Carboniferous of Ohio, James St. John via Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0 DEED.
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Günter Bechly
Date
November 24, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Cambrian Bryozoa Come and Go

Günter Bechly
November 24, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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This is a field that often has more in common with the interpretation of inkblots in Rorschach tests than with hard science. Read More ›
leaf senescence
Photo: Leaf senescence, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
November 6, 2023
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

David Coppedge
November 6, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›
kraken
Photo: Ichthyosaur vertebra, Liassic Germany, by G. Bechly.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
November 3, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Triassic Kraken Hypothesis Provoked Scornful Darwinist Revenge

Günter Bechly
November 3, 2023
Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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Instead of a reasonable and fair scientific debate, McMenamin’s hypothesis has been ridiculed by other scientists and science journalists. Read More ›
Cambrian_jellyfish
Photo: Burgessomedusa, Royal Ontario Museum, fair use.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 22, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Jellyfish Body Plan and Life Cycle Originated in the Cambrian Explosion

Günter Bechly
September 22, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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Remarkably, these animals can be placed within the crown group of  the living cnidarian clade Medusozoa, which is not exactly what Darwinists should expect. Read More ›
Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata
Photo: Dorsal mold of Kimberella quadrata from the Ediacaran of Russia,
showing the cuticular dorsal shield with tubercular nodes and the tapered oral end; by Aleksey Nagovitsyn: Wikimedia, GNU FDL).
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 18, 2020
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Evolution
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Kimberella and Controversial Relationships — A Chronological Synopsis

Günter Bechly
September 18, 2020
Evolution
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It is remarkable, indeed, how detailed a medusoid morphology was projected onto Kimberella fossils and later recognized as pure fantasy. Read More ›
Common cuttlefish
Photo credit: Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), © Hans Hillewaert.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 31, 2018
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Intelligent Design
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Doug Axe: In Cuttlefish, “Genetic Program for Limb Development Predates Limbs”

David Klinghoffer
July 31, 2018
Intelligent Design
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That’s the way it is, universally, with creative invention. Read More ›

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