New Paper Has Bad News for Popular “Oxygen Theory” of the Cambrian Explosion

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The technical paper acknowledges that this level of oxygenation, if sustained, would indeed “challenge the view” that oxygen was a trigger for animal evolution. Source
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Happy New Year! No. 1 Story for 2025: Bombshell Overturns Myth of 1 Percent Difference

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This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Source
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No. 2 Story for 2025: My Conversation with Denis Noble About Intelligent Design

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In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems? Source
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No. 3 Story for 2025: Immaterial Genome Is Richard Sternberg’s Labor of Love

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Rick Sternberg's thought has the potential to demonstrate conclusively the need for an intelligent designer. Source
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No. 5 Story for 2025: Richard Dawkins Says Intelligent Design Is a Scientific Hypothesis

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"I think that the hypothesis of theism is the most exciting scientific hypothesis you could possibly hold." Source
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Casey Luskin on the Rising Tide of Intelligent Design Research

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Any scientific theory for the origin of life and the universe is only as strong as its research program. For intelligent design, this is good news. Source
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 1, “Jones Judged Actual ID Theory, Not a Straw Man”

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At the end of the day, the ruling by Judge Jones really is not a refutation of intelligent design at all. Source
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 4, “The Dover Ruling Refuted Intelligent Design”

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Expert witnesses like biochemist Michael Behe and microbiologist Scott Minnich testified about how irreducible complexity makes a positive case for design. Source
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Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

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Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Source
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