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Photo: The author chats with William Dembski, Bijan Nemati, and Stephen Meyer, by Dale Woodall.

Dispatch from Dallas: Documentary Premieres Where It All Started

There is something fitting, even story-like, about Meyer's presence at the Dallas premiere. Read More ›
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Photo: Rescue operation, by Letartean, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that.  Read More ›
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No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Read More ›
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Image credit: PaleoEquii, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Say Hello to Our Microscopic Granddaddy?

What we do know is that it is definitely not our earliest ancestor. Another overhyped missing link bites the dust. Read More ›
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Life’s History and the “Ode to Joy”

The history of life can perhaps be likened to a collection of different musical themes. In Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the four beginning notes are the theme. Read More ›
Zygote
Photo credit: Nina Sesina, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Let’s Think About a Zygote Like an Engineer

Actually, life is a series of millions of hard problems that have to be solved all the time, or else. Read More ›
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Photo source: Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Guillermo Ferla, via Unsplash.

The Christmas Star — A Sign of Design

Part of the difficulty with arriving at a satisfactory theory for the Star stems from a compartmentalized approach. Read More ›
Hallucigenia
Image: Hallucigenia, by Scorpion451, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Resolving Darwin’s Doubt, These Cambrian Fossils Are No Help

This is hierarchical organization, none of which is seen in the Precambrian layers beneath. Read More ›
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Photo: Venus, by NASA/JPL-Caltech.

New Analysis Casts Doubt on Claims for Life on Venus

The newer study agrees that the composition of Venus’s atmosphere is unusual but not that it is evidence for life. Read More ›

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