Tag: nature
In the Current Issue of Nature, an Argument for Intelligent Design in All but Name
The authors’ hypothesis is tremendously significant and its publication represents a genuine breakthrough.
Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Observed Natural Selection
The online encyclopedia triumphantly points to resistance to myxoma virus among Australian rabbits as one piece of evidence, among others, for common descent.
Inconsistent Nature: The Enigma of Life’s Stupendous Prodigality
Nature’s prodigality is deeply puzzling, for every seemingly plausible law of biology that might account for it proves, almost whimsically, to be contradicted by numerous countervailing examples.
A Free New Companion e-Book to Metamorphosis Explicates the Latest “Icon of Intelligent Design”
I would love to see some of our customary Darwinian antagonists and interlocutors answer the challenge set by Paul Nelson and Ann Gauger in their very detailed and powerful essay that is the centerpiece of this gorgeous downloadable e-book.
Recapping Responses to Nature‘s Evolution Evangelism Packet
I’ve received quite a bit of positive feedback about the responses to the Nature 15 Evolutionary Gems packet that we’ve been responding to since last summer. As a recap of this series, below are links to the 9 parts responding to what I’ve affectionately called “Nature‘s Evolution-Evangelism Packet.” Also, we’ve compiled the responses into a single PDF that can be used for educational purposes: Part 1: Evaluating Nature’s 2009 “15 Evolutionary Gems” Darwin-Evangelism Kit Part 2: Nature’s Microevolutionary Gems Part 1: Lizards, Fish, Snakes, and Clams Part 3: Nature’s Microevolutionary Gems Part 2: Bird-Sized Evolutionary Change Part 4: Nature’s Microevolutionary Gems Part 3: Flea and Guppy-Sized Evolutionary Change Part 5: Nature’s “Gems”: Microevolution Meets Microevolution Part 6: Evolutionary “Gems” or Read More ›