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Scientist Discovers a Protist’s “Cellular Origami” — The First Known Case 

You will probably not be surprised to hear that Dr. Prakash is an engineer as well as a biologist. This is predictable. Read More ›
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The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›
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The Toxic Assumptions of Evolutionary Psychology about Men

As Darwinism is discredited scientifically, we should challenge the way it has shaped the secular code for masculinity. Read More ›
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“Bizarre Bird” Highlights the Problem of Biogeography

While hoatzins are bad at flying, evolutionists have been forced to credit these birds with some impressive rafting — unbelievably impressive. Read More ›
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Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about. Read More ›
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The New Yorker Takes “A Journey to the Center of Our Cells”

There’s a problem that biologists have long pondered — how do proteins find other proteins within the cell that they are supposed to interact with? Read More ›
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#5 Story of 2021: Francis Collins’s Troubling Record at NIH

NIH Director Francis Collins is being praised as “a national treasure,” but his real legacy is anything but praiseworthy. Read More ›
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Francis Collins’s Troubling Record at NIH

NIH Director Francis Collins is being praised as “a national treasure,” but his real legacy is anything but praiseworthy. Read More ›
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New Review Series — Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens

Earlier this year an ID-friendly scientist contacted me to ask my opinion of the book. He mentioned a former Christian who had lost his faith after reading it. Read More ›
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Photo: Statue of Theodore Roosevelt outside AMNH, by Mike Steele, via Flickr (cropped).

New York Museum Benefited from African Genocide

As of 2018, the skulls were still housed in the AMNH’s collections, although the museum allowed a delegation of a dozen Hereros to view the remains. Read More ›

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