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November: In a New Book, Michael Behe Springs a Trap for Darwin

How could blind evolution arrange biochemical parts into complex functional wholes one small step at a time, as Darwin and his followers envision? Read More ›
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Plastic-Eating Microbes — “Rapid Evolution” May Not Be Darwinian at All

Environmental scientists warn frequently that the world is drowning in plastic. Here is some unexpected good news. Read More ›
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A “Lush” World Defies Materialist Explanations, as Behe and Denton Confirm

Conditions on Earth, the laws of physics, are not only fine-tuned for the survival of intelligent beings, they are fine-tuned for the development of technology. Read More ›
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Darwinism Would Fare Poorly Against Pandemics

When combatting disease-causing pathogens, we don’t use the idea that Darwinian evolution is of unlimited creativity. Just the opposite! Read More ›
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Irreconcilable Differences: Can Darwinism Be Pasteurized?

An advocate for Darwinian medicine wants to bring two historical opponents in the design debate, Pasteur and Darwin, into a peace treaty for the good of public health. Read More ›
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Approved by FDA Against COVID-19, Chloroquine Is Also Prominent in the Case for Intelligent Design

Something I had not heard before is a really clear explanation of how chloroquine works, on the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum and, perhaps, on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Read More ›
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Philosophical-ish Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Paul Draper

Recently I was asked by several people whether I had ever responded to an old review of my book Darwin’s Black Box. Read More ›
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The Long View: Michael Behe Pays Tribute to Phillip Johnson

Professor Behe tells about his earliest memories of Phillip Johnson and speaks about the long history of science. Read More ›
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Design in the First Animals

Scientists debate whether ctenophores are the earliest animals to appear in the Cambrian explosion. If so, they arrived with multiple tissues, a nervous system, and a digestive system. Read More ›
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How Does a Religious Studies Professor Become a Darwinian Skeptic?

The perpetuation of Darwinian ideology comes at the cost of truly grappling with the profound nature of the question of biological origins. Read More ›

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