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Michael-Denton
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

One reason, Dr. Denton says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. Read More ›
hatching chicken
Eberlin
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Ignorance of Evolutionary Theory as a “Superpower”

Early in her career, Celeste Nelson tried to publish a paper on chicken lung development. The reviewers were not very interested in her findings. Read More ›
Michael-Denton
Photo credit: Nathan Jacobson.

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point. Read More ›
Chinese lantern
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Viewing Chinese Lanterns in Pittsburgh

I mused about the genetic coding requirements for the changes in protein expression and timing (during development) to give its precise floral morphology. Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Look: On Thanksgiving, Be Grateful for the Intelligent Design of Your Eyes

They were quite the sudden, unanticipated gift in the history of life. Read More ›
1984
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On Thanksgiving, Support the Scientific Defense of Common Sense

“The heresy of heresies was common sense,” Orwell writes. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Read More ›
Thanksgiving
Image: The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth, by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Thanksgiving and the Frailty of Scientific Atheism 

Our bioethicist colleague Wesley Smith had a very interesting and wide-ranging conversation with Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Look: On Thanksgiving, Be Grateful for the Intelligent Design of Your Eyes

COVID restrictions may have put a damper on the traditional Thanksgiving celebration. But even lockdowns can't stop us from giving thanks. Read More ›
Alpha Centauri
Photo: Alpha Centauri, where aliens come from, by ESO/DSS 2, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design Triangulation: My Thanksgiving Gift to All

Hey — wanna see a talk that combines the following. Black swallowtail butterflies, William Harvey, snarky robotic aliens from Alpha Centauri, and more. Read More ›
Great Reset
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Thanksgiving in the Light of Darwin’s Vision

I first heard of what’s being called a Great Reset just a couple of weeks ago. It sounded like a conspiracy theory, but it’s far from that. Read More ›

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