The Cell's Design

Piltdown Man: The Fact and Fantasy of the Hominid Fossil Record

August 24, 2016

In high school and college, I played my fair share of practical jokes. While a few of the victims of my hoaxes appreciated my...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

DNA: Designed for Flexibility

August 17, 2016

Over the years I’ve learned that flexibility is key to a happy and successful life. If you are too rigid, it can create problems...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Can Keratin in Feathers Survive for Millions of Years?

August 10, 2016

I don’t like conflict. In fact, I try to avoid it whenever possible. And that’s part of the reason I never wanted to become...

Creation Views

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

The Evolution of the Automobile: Evidence for Intelligent Design

August 3, 2016

“It’s déjà vu all over again.” As the story goes, baseball player and manager Yogi Berra first uttered this famous yogi-ism sitting in the...

Evolution

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Science News Flash: Are Humans Still Evolving?

August 1, 2016

Are human beings divinely created? Or are we the product of an evolutionary history? Or both? Nearly everyone has some interest in human origins....

Evolution

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Science News Flash: Has the Last Universal Common Ancestor Been Identified?

July 28, 2016

Researchers from Germany made headlines by announcing that they are one step closer to identifying LUCA (the last universal common ancestor)—the single-celled organism that...

Biology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Like a Fish Out of Water: Why I’m Skeptical of the Evolutionary Paradigm

July 27, 2016

I am skeptical that evolutionary processes can fully account for life’s origin, history, and design—and that often makes me feel like a fish out...

Evolution

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Historical Contingency and the Improbability of Protein Evolution, Part 2 (of 2)

July 20, 2016

A few weeks ago, Kathy Emmons of WORD FM in Pittsburg interviewed me about the connection between human evolution and human trafficking. During the...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Science News Flash: Stone Tool Use by Capuchin Monkeys Challenges Human Evolution

July 14, 2016

I love cashew nuts! Apparently, so do capuchin monkeys. A team of scientists from Oxford University (in the UK) and the University of Sao...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Historical Contingency and the Improbability of Protein Evolution, Part 1 (of 2)

July 13, 2016

Can evolutionary processes produce biological innovation? Critics of the evolutionary paradigm—including me—would say, “No.” However, the reasons for my skepticism differ from many of...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Science News Flash: Reinterpretation of Sea Worm Fossil Challenges Evolution

July 8, 2016

In a recent article published by the BBC, researchers from the University of Toronto announced the reinterpretation of an enigmatic fossil, Oesia disjuncta, now...

Evolution

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Adam and Eve: A Primordial Pair or a Population?

July 6, 2016

Today, one of the central science-faith issues facing evangelical Christianity centers around the historicity of Adam and Eve. Did Adam and Eve actually exist?...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read