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Shrews eating peppers
Another example of a natural selection favouring an information-losing mutation, which is the opposite to that required for goo-to-you evolution.
by Jonathan Sarfati
Effective population sizes and loss of diversity during the Flood bottleneck
How much genetic diversity did humanity lose because of Noah’s Flood?
by Robert W. Carter
Unnatural selection
Genetic engineering is no longer in the realm of science fiction. We review a Netflix series called Unnatural Selection and discuss the implications of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology.
by Robert Carter and Scott Gillis
Blue eyes mutation
Many people of European descent have less melanin in their eyes, and it’s got nothing to do with evolution
by David Catchpoole and Robert Carter
Why don’t we live as long as Methuselah?
Modern science is catching up with what the Bible tells us about people living for hundreds of years.
by Jonathan Sarfati
Neutral Model, genetic drift and the Third Way—a synopsis of the self-inflicted demise of the evolutionary paradigm
Neo-Darwinism, Neutral evolution, and the 'Extended Evolutionary Synthesis' cannot avoid the multilayered complexity of the genome and cell.
by Jeffrey P Tomkins and Jerry Bergman
Antibiotic resistance: Evolution in action?
Why are man-made pills increasingly ineffective in the battle against infections?
by Don Batten
Evolutionists disagree on how evolution happens
There is more than one view among evolutionary researchers on how new biological structures arise.
by Shaun Doyle
Mutant plastic-munching enzyme does not support evolution
New plastic-munching Ideonella sakaiensis bacterium was intelligently engineered, not randomly evolved.
by Ari Takku
Nebraskan deer mice—evolution’s latest ‘icon’?
A colour mutation that camouflages deer mice against a sandy background is a great example of natural selection.
by David Catchpoole
The mutant ‘feather-duster’ budgie
A genetic copying mistake hampered this bird’s development and limited its lifespan.
by Andrew Lamb
How many lives do cats have?
It’s true that cats have an uncanny ability to land on their feet. But that doesn’t make them invulnerable.
by David Catchpoole