Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

Zombie Science (book)

Galápagos_finch
Photo: Galápagos finch, by Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Jonathan Wells Battles Darwin’s Zombie Finches

Dr. Wells dissects some recent hype over Darwin’s finches, an icon of evolution that just won’t stay buried. Read More ›
MillerExperiment-sparkFlash-IllustraOrigin 2
Image source: Illustra Media.

Zombie Science: Miller-Urey Experiment Is Back from the Dead, Barely

Scientifically speaking, the Miller experiment was a non-starter. Then when the atmosphere they used was called into question, the icon was doubly dead. Read More ›
Colorado blue columbine
Photo: Colorado blue columbine, by Tranquiligold Jin, via Flickr (cropped).

No “Hopeful Monster,” Flower Demonstrates Evolution by Subtraction

Evolutionary biologists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, noticed something peculiar about the columbines in a region of Colorado. Read More ›
Man playing chess with monkey
Paul Nelson
Image: © everettovrk — stock.adobe.com.

Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Look: On Thanksgiving, Be Grateful for the Intelligent Design of Your Eyes

They were quite the sudden, unanticipated gift in the history of life. Read More ›
zombies-are-coming
Image source: Discovery Institute.

Biologist Jonathan Wells Offers a Cure for Zombie Science

Wells encourages more than a modest dose of skepticism, and gives the example of the supposed “backward wiring of the vertebrate eye” as a case in point. Read More ›
transgenderism
Photo credit: Kyle via Unsplash.

What the Darwin Lobby and the Transgender Lobby Have in Common

Some ideologies (such as Darwinism) wrap themselves in the mantle of science even though they lack — or are inconsistent with — the evidence. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
Photo: Stephen Meyer, by Nathan Jacobson.

C. S. Lewis Society Webinars with Meyer (Tonight!), Behe, Wells, and Ferrer

Earlier this month, the society’s Executive Director, Tom Woodward, interviewed Oxford mathematician John Lennox. That was as wonderful as you would expect. Read More ›
trilobite
Photo credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Look: On Thanksgiving, Be Grateful for the Intelligent Design of Your Eyes

COVID restrictions may have put a damper on the traditional Thanksgiving celebration. But even lockdowns can't stop us from giving thanks. Read More ›
Geospiza fuliginosa
Photo: Geospiza fuliginosa, by Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Galápagos Finches and a Surprising Deletion

How could the authors suddenly do this? Some of the following points may be considered. Read More ›

© Discovery Institute