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This Thanksgiving, Be Grateful for the Intelligent Design of Your Eyes

We take them for granted, but our ability to interact with the world through vision is beyond remarkable. Read More ›
Hoilungia-hongkongensis
Photo: Hoilungia hongkongensis, by Hans-Jürgen Osigus, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, via EurekAlert!

Placozoa: An Evolutionary Leftover? 

Simple, small, and worldwide in distribution, the placozoa don’t fit any clear evolutionary picture. Read More ›
Alice Roberts
Photo: The Perfect Human Body according to Alice Roberts, via BBC Four(screen shot).

The Perfect Human Body?

For English anatomist Alice Roberts, however, the human body is a “hodge-podge” of parts assembled in an “untidy” fashion “with no foresight” by evolution. Read More ›
Radboud University
Image source: Radboud University, via YouTube (screen shot).

More Information Found in DNA: The Shape Code

Researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands made “a remarkable discovery” about a protein named Polycomb that binds to DNA. Read More ›
Falco peregrinus
Photo: A peregrine falcon, by Alex Proimos [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Problem with “Bad Design” Arguments

In a physical world there will be design constraints, so it is only realistic to expect tradeoffs. Read More ›
Lizard-1-1
Blue iguana, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., by Jarek Tuszyński / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GDFL [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

Extinct Four-Eyed Monitor Lizard Busts Myth of a Congruent Nested Hierarchy

Obviously, evolutionary “laws” are quite malleable and have to give way when they become too cumbersome. Read More ›
Transition to land cover
Image credit: Malcolm MacIver, Northwestern University via Science Daily.

Vertebrates to Land Is an Evolutionary Transition Dripping with Teleology

Darwinian evolution is supposed to have done away with the need for purpose or will in driving the history of life. The words of Darwinists themselves tend to refute that idea. Read More ›

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