No. 4 Story for 2025: Farewell to Günter Bechly

Cambridge, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, England, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germans, Germany, Günter Bechly, Human Origins, Icons of Evolution, Intelligent Design, intimidation, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Jonathan Wells, Pacific Ocean, paleontology, Paul Nelson, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), Richard Sternberg, State Museum of Natural History, Stephen Meyer, Stuttgart, Theistic Evolution (book)
I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Source
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ID Education Day Is Coming to Tacoma, November 6!

Annelida, Arthropoda, biology, butterfly metamorphosis, churches, co-ops, Creepy Crawly Complexity, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute Press, earthworm, ecosystems, Education, George Damoff, homeschools, ID Education Day, Idaho, insects, Intelligent Design, megadrilologists, Nematoda, Paul Nelson, Pedro Moura, private schools, roundworm, schools, science education, spiders, Spokane, Tacoma, The God Proofs, Washington State, Western Washington, worms, zoology
This is a fantastic field trip opportunity for middle and high school students in homeschool and private school settings to interact directly with scientists. Source
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On Illustrating the Icons of Evolution

artwork, Books, candor, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Evolution, humor, Icons of Evolution, ID The Future, illustrators, ink, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Jody Sjogren, Jonathan Wells, journals, machines, magazines, materialist paradigm, organisms, Paul Nelson, pen, Podcast, Richard Sternberg, textbooks, Tom Woodward, visual media
Artistic license has been used to promote Darwinian evolution since the late 19th century. Source
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Gutsy and Loyal: The Qualities of Our Friend Jonathan Wells

bravery, Center for Science and Culture, courage, developmental biologists, Discovery Institute, Education, Evolution, evolutionary orthodoxy, eyes, friendship, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Wells, loyalty, Paul Nelson, Podcast, poster presentation, science education, University of Chicago, William Dembski
Dr. Paul Nelson begins with an adventure he had with Dr. Wells: a poster presentation on evolution and development at the University of Chicago. Source
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One Week from Today! 2025 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

All Creatures Great & Small, body plans, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Daniel Reeves, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, eric hedin, Events, Faith & Science, George Montañez, habitat, honeybees, Intelligent Design, John West, Metamorphosis, Michael Egnor, music, Paul Nelson, Ray Bohlin, Richard Sternberg, science and faith, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer
From the smallest honeybee to the greatest whale, planet Earth is swarming with creatures of all shapes and sizes — each designed for their habitat. Source
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No. 6 Story of 2024: Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

"God of the gaps", astrobiology programs, coacervates, code, container, Evolution, George Washington Carver, Human Origins, hydrothermal vents, James Joule, James Simpson, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Johannes Kepler, metabolism, Michael Faraday, Nick Lane, Paul Nelson, Perry Marshall, Professor Dave, proteinoid microspheres, RNA world, Robert Boyle, spark-discharge tubes, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, target of selection
The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Source
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“Notions” About Metamorphosis Fall Short of Scientific Explanations

ametabolous, Ann Gauger, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, butterfly, chrysalis, Darwinism, dragonflies, Evolution, foresight, Free University, genes, grasshoppers, hemimetaboly, heuristics, Illustra Media, insects, insectws, Intelligent Design, lice, Metamorphosis, Metamorphosis: The Beauty and Design of Butterflies, Model T, notion, organs, Paul Nelson, phenotypes, Princeton University, proboscis, promissory note, pupa
Saying that a mathematical model “supports the notion” of how metamorphosis evolved should not grace the pages of an esteemed scientific journal. Source
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Farewell to Daniel Dennett

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Dennett noted that Paul Nelson and I were in the audience and would be speaking at Tufts that evening on intelligent design. Source
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