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fossil trilobite imprint in the sediment.
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The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories

Stephen C. Meyer
August 4, 2004
Research and Analysis
On August 4th, 2004 an extensive review essay by Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, Director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture appeared in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (volume 117, no. 2, pp. 213-239). Dr. Meyer argues that no current materialistic theory of evolution can account for the origin of the information necessary to build novel animal forms. Read More ›
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Anomalocaris, life form of the Cambrian period (3d science illustration)
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The Cambrian Explosion

Stephen C. Meyer, Marcus Ross, Paul Nelson and Paul Chien
January 1, 2001
Research and Analysis

Both Charles Darwin himself and contemporary neo-Darwinists such as Francisco Ayala, Richard Dawkins, and Richard Lewontin acknowledge that biological organisms appear to have been designed by an intelligence. Yet classical Darwinists and contemporary Darwinists alike have argued that what Francisco Ayala calls the “obvious design” of living things is only apparent. As Ayala, a former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, has explained: “The functional design of organisms and their features would therefore seem to argue for the existence of a designer. It was Darwin’s greatest accomplishment to show that the directive organization of living beings can be explained as the result of a natural process, natural selection, without any need to resort to a Creator Read More ›

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Stephen C. Meyer
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July 2, 1998
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Teaching the Origins Controversy

Stephen C. Meyer and David K. DeWolf
July 2, 1998
Research and Analysis
One can hardly imagine a more contentious issue in the American culture wars than the debate over how biological origins should be taught in the public schools. Read More ›
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June 6, 1997
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A Pro-Life Case for the Daschle Bill

Stephen C. Meyer and David K. DeWolf
June 6, 1997
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Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D., S.D.) has authored legislation that would ban most late-term abortions, whether performed by the partial-birth procedure or not. Read More ›
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Change over time Retro alarm clocks stack time concept
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Stephen C. Meyer
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May 16, 2001
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The Meanings of Evolution

Stephen C. Meyer and Michael Newton Keas
May 16, 2001
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Not all senses of evolution have the same epistemological standing. We can assert confidently that evolution “has occurred” but we may be more uncertain about how it occurred. Read More ›
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Businessman making hush sign, dark background
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Stephen C. Meyer
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October 16, 1989
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“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” In Biology Instruction

Stephen C. Meyer
October 16, 1989
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All across the country-from Maine to California, from Virginia to Washington state-school boards, teachers and parents have begun to defy the expertise of professional science educators. Many are now insisting that students to gain access to scientific information challenging the contemporary Darwinist account of biological origins. Read More ›
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Declaration of Independence
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Stephen C. Meyer
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December 27, 1987
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Human Rights: Blessed by God or Begrudged by Government

Stephen C. Meyer and Charles B. Thaxton
December 27, 1987
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The 20th Century has witnessed an unprecedented expansion of scientific knowledge and also episodes of human rights abuse unparalleled both in magnitude and cruelty. Read More ›
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Monument of great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun, Poland
Monument of great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun, Poland
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Stephen C. Meyer
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May 7, 1986
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Owen Gingerich

Stephen C. Meyer
May 7, 1986
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Gingerich now sees a “strange covergence” between the biblical and the modern scientific explanations of the universe’s origin. Read More ›