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New “Long Story Short” Video Addresses Challenges from Junk DNA Defenders

Of course, die-hard evolution defenders were not going to take these major shifts in thinking about “junk DNA” sitting down. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism

The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events. Read More ›
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New Long Story Video Tackles “A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA”

Something happened in 2012 that changed the entire debate in favor of the ID-based prediction that DNA would be largely functional. Read More ›
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No. 2 Story of 2023: Intelligent Design Passes the Dawkins Test

After it passed his challenge, will atheist evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins now embrace the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›
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Alfred Russel Wallace’s Bicentennial Year: A Cause for Celebration and for Sadness

All the hyperbole shows the fix is in — Wallace has been made safe for scientism and Darwinian reductionism. The academy can breathe easy. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Protists Add to the Cambrian Explosion

Not even the tiniest and most abundant organisms seem to confirm the gradualist predictions of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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The Dawkins Test Returns an Answer: Intelligent Design

Dr. Luskin details the various ways that the rapidly developing field of phylogenomics is uncovering data that powerfully fits the ID model of life’s history. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design Passes the Dawkins Test

After it passed his challenge, will atheist evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins now embrace the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›
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Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2021: An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing

From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans. Read More ›
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The Discontinuous Fossil Record Refutes Darwinian Gradualism

Appeals to the incompleteness of the fossil record are no longer tenable. Paul Nelson has cogently explained why. Read More ›

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