Some people claim this story is based on a real event. But of course, it’s just an urban myth.

The creation/evolution controversy is not immune to “urban myths.” Recent research has … more

The old cliché “two wrongs don’t make a right” proves true in many situations, but in the genetics of the brain, two genetic wrongs can make a right. A few years ago, I … more

New Research Suggests More Reasons Why God Created Viruses

Thanksgiving is the time of year that most people pause to celebrate their blessings. Christians understand that many of the good things … more

So it winds up relegated to an appendix (defined by Merriam-Webster's dictionary as "supplementary material usually attached at the end of a piece of writing.")

Since Charles Darwin's time, … more

New Research Suggests a Reason Why God Created Viruses

As I mentioned last week, the Q&A sessions of our outreach events are usually pretty exciting. During this part of the program, it's not … more

Are Bad Designs a Problem for the Case for Intelligent Design?

The Q&A sessions during our speaking events are usually filled with high drama. This is the time when skeptics can come to the … more

Absolutely nothing! That’s the answer soul singer Edwin Starr gave in 1970 to the question, “War, what is it good for?” It’s also the same response evolutionary biologists give … more

    I remember being taught as a child that the humpback whale must be an accident of nature. The weird bumps along the leading edge of the humpback’s flippers (or fins) seemed to … more

A sampling of new research uncovers more function for junk DNA, undermines one of the best arguments for biological evolution

My wife enjoys shopping at large club stores. I, however, don’t … more

Sometimes my daughters' bedrooms are unbelievably messy. Junk everywhere. It often looks like a clothes bomb detonated. I have no idea how they can find anything in the aftermath of such devastation. … more

New Discoveries Raise Questions about Molecular Evolution

One of the most significant challenges to the Christian faith comes from the problem of evil. If God is all-powerful, all-knowing and … more

unk DNA Plays an Important Role in Development

My wife enjoys looking for antiques (and, to my horror, buying them.) For Amy, antiques are priceless treasures. From my standpoint, these relics from … more

Study of Sexual Parasite Reveals Function for Junk DNA

Cell biologists believe that in addition to housing genetic information, DNA plays a skeletal role in the nucleus; the more DNA in the nucleus, … more

Study of Fossil Remains Identifies another Function for Junk DNA

An exceptional paper published a few months ago in Nature provides the first-ever estimates of genome sizes for dinosaurs (even though … more

First Marsupial Genome Indicates that Junk DNA Has Function

In the May 10th issue of Nature an international team of scientists reported a high-quality draft of the genome of the grey short-tailed … more

Evolutionary biologists regard “junk” DNA as one of the most potent pieces of evidence for biological evolution. Often identical (or nearly identical) segments of junk DNA occur in a wide … more