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Photo: Budding yeast, by Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Yeast Gives Evidence of “Genes-in-Waiting”

Professor Carvunis stressed that the genetic patterns she is studying do not fit with the evolutionary theory she learned “since I was an undergraduate.” Read More ›
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#7 Story of 2022: Mammoth Support for Devolution

The more science progresses, the more hapless Darwin seems. Consider woolly mammoth DNA. Read More ›
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Listen: Demonizers and Dehumanizers

John West urges supporters of vaccinations to meet the other side not with insults but with reasoned discourse and scientific evidence. Read More ›
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Mammoth Support for Devolution

The more science progresses, the more hapless Darwin seems. Consider woolly mammoth DNA. Read More ›
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For Beauty, Pleasure, and More, Intelligent Design Expects Non-Essential Genes

In past years, papers have tried to identify the subset of all genes in a genome that are essential for viability. Read More ›
Plasmodium falciparum
Photo: Plasmodium falciparum, by Lukas.S at English Wikipedia(Original text: Lukas 05:24, 5 October 2006 (UTC)), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Two Recent Papers Buttress Michael Behe’s Thesis in Darwin Devolves

Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard. Read More ›
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Nearly All of Evolution Is Best Explained by Engineering

Transposable elements modify gene regulation in maize to confer drought tolerance, alter flowering time, and enable plants to grow in toxic aluminum soils. Read More ›
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Human Orphan Genes — Interesting YouTube Talk Tonight by Nathan Lents

A couple of years ago, Professor Lents became fascinated by orphan genes, and went looking for them in the human genome. Read More ›
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Homeostasis: How Active Maintenance Showcases Intelligent Design

Can you think of an un-designed process that employs external machinery to maintain the state of another machine? Read More ›
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Photo: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (brewer’s yeast), by A doubt [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Fake Darwinism in an International Test of Experimental Evolution 

It’s fine to search through random results for an outcome you’re aiming for. Just don’t call it Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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