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Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story for 2025: Optimization and “Evolution Before Our Eyes”

On Daphne Major, a Galápagos island, there are three major types of finch food: large seeds, small seeds, and pollen and insects. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg (University of Florida), Nazar Budaiev (University of Florida), Taehwa Yoo (University of Florida); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI).

According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Read More ›
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Photo credit: Lip Kee, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Optimization: The Engineering Explanation for “Evolution Happening Before Our Eyes”

On Daphne Major, a Galápagos island, there are three major types of finch food: large seeds, small seeds, and pollen and insects. Read More ›
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In Debate on Intelligent Design, Critic Cites Dragon Legend to Justify Evolution’s Failures

It is, as Professor Behe acknowledges, a charming tale, but not very relevant as far as the details of the scientific debate go. Read More ›
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Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel? It’s Essential for Life, and Likely an Indicator of Intelligent Design

Nickel is an essential element in the human body, but too much is toxic. Here’s another element our planet had to provide. Read More ›
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Starship Enterprise: Fungal Transposons Boldly Go

Newly recognized large transposable elements in fungi dubbed Starships may not be selfish after all. Read More ›
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Denton’s “Puzzle of Perfection,” Then and Now

The flip side of Darwin’s proposal of natural selection as a designer substitute is that “things look designed — because they are designed.” Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Ichthyosaurs

With increasing knowledge of the fossil record, the mainstream narrative is rendered more and more untenable and inconsistent with the empirical evidence. Read More ›
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On Cambrian Explosion, Biology Journal’s Special Issue Betrays Cause for Darwin Doubts

The strength of a theory can be gauged by how well it stands up to attacks and how well it incorporates new evidence. Read More ›
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Dragonflies Make the Most of a Tiny Brain

For an animal whose brain is the size of a pinhead, one would think its capabilities would be hopelessly limited. Not so. Read More ›

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