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Introduction to ID, warts and all
A review of A Biblical Point of View on Intelligent Design by Kerby Anderson
by Emmett L. Williams
Micro-robot eyes inspired by jumping spider
Ingenious depth perception of jumping spider eyes has inspired designers of micro-robot eyes.
by Jonathan Sarfati
Fingernails and toenails—useless evolutionary relics or an important part of design?
Are they useless evolutionary relics, or important part of design?
by Jerry Bergman
Ants: the incredible heavy-lifting champions
Amazing design allows a tiny, fragile creature to lift objects way beyond its size.
by Cody Guitard
Homeschool conference: great encouragement and some concerns
Great encouragement from attendees at homeschool conference, yet we also experienced concerns due to false teaching about creation
by Matthew Cserhati, Gary Bates
Spider decoys
These spiders are programmed to make larger duplicates of themselves and then animate them to scare and confuse predators.
by Calvin Smith
Over-engineering in nature: an evolutionary conundrum
Natural selection can only select for the attributes an organism needs to survive, so how is it that creatures are endowed with a whole lot more than necessary?
by David Catchpoole
It’s an attractive web they weave
Did you know that the electrostatic properties of spider webs, and a ‘quirk of physics’, causes them to actively spring towards airborne objects?
by David Catchpoole
The history of flying machines
What does it tell us about the evolution of flight?
by Stuart Burgess
T. rex, cats, and attack-defence structures
Answering a question about the purpose of attack-defence structures like claws, and about vegetarian diets pre-Fall.
by Gavin Cox
Electric spider flight
Spiders use electric fields in the atmosphere to help them get airborne
by Philip Bell
Nature’s self-cleaning marvels: Who did the Research & Development?
Nobody saw her “billions of years of research and development”, yet ‘she’ is credited with nature’s marvels of engineering.
by David Catchpoole