Ten Myths About Dover: No. 10, “The Intelligent Design Movement Died After Dover”

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In December 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled that intelligent design is not science, but religion. Critics predicted this would mean the end of the ID movement. Source
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Will Earth BioGenome Project Vindicate Darwin?

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Compare the latest project to sequence everything to other megaprojects that may or may not answer evolutionary questions. Source
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Arthropod Architects Amaze Engineers

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They appear in the early Cambrian fossil record: the first examples of the most diverse phylum on earth. Who knew their skills would become the envy of human engineers? Source
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