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Can it bee?

Can it bee?

The brilliant design involved in bee flight is being studied for its potential in mini flying robots and more.
Article
07 Jan, 2009
Cows: a magnetic sign for evolutionists

Cows: a magnetic sign for evolutionists

Renowned evolutionist J.B.S. Haldane famously said that evolution could never produce mechanisms such as the wheel and magnet. He was right.
Article
25 Nov, 2008
Excellent eye

Excellent eye

The human eye’s response to light is better than that of any camera.
Article
25 Aug, 2008
Surveillance solution: mimicking a bug’s eye view

Surveillance solution: mimicking a bug’s eye view

Inspired by insect vision: new camera technology that can pick up detail in light and dark at the same time.
Article
25 Aug, 2008
The Prostate Gland—is it ‘badly designed’?

The Prostate Gland—is it ‘badly designed’?

This article defending the prostate gland was adapted from the section on alleged ‘bad designs’ in Dr Sarfati’s new book By Design, which is subtitled, Evidence for nature’s Intelligent Designer—the God of the Bible.
Article
01 Aug, 2008
Fingertip control

Fingertip control

The manual dexterity required to dress oneself is a lot more complex than you might think.
Article
22 Jul, 2008
Marvellous moth motif

Marvellous moth motif

Emperor Speckled Moth (Gynanisa maja)
Article
30 Jun, 2008
Walking up walls

Walking up walls

Insects have inspired engineers to build a better ‘sticky tape’, and even robots that can walk up walls—a great idea for cleaning windows of high-rise buildings!
Article
02 May, 2008
Peacock  poppycock?

Peacock poppycock?

Darwin’s attempt to explain how the peacock’s tail evolved is being sharply criticized—by evolutionists.
Article
21 Apr, 2008
Fancy flying from advanced aeronautics

Fancy flying from advanced aeronautics

New discoveries about swift flight may help aircraft designers. Swifts also have such a sophisticated navigation system that they can find their way in their sleep.
Article
17 Dec, 2007
Brilliant brittlestars:

Brilliant brittlestars:

According to one report it’s entire skeleton forms one big eye…. brittlestars are one big compound eye.
Article
22 Aug, 2007
Amazing discovery: Bird wing has ‘leading edge’ technology

Amazing discovery: Bird wing has ‘leading edge’ technology

Amazing discovery: Bird wing has ‘leading edge’ technology
Article
26 Jun, 2007
Bunchberry bang!

Bunchberry bang!

Bunchberry stamens are designed like miniature medieval trebuchets. Design in Nature is evidence of God.
Article
16 May, 2007
Off the menu …

Off the menu …

Carnivorous fish such as the Oriental sweetlip and the coral rock cod placidly allow the cleaner wrasse and cleaner shrimp to crawl in and out of their mouths without harming them—what’s the story?
Article
10 Apr, 2007
Pterosaurs flew like modern aeroplanes

Pterosaurs flew like modern aeroplanes

Pterosaurs flew like modern aeroplanes
Article
26 Mar, 2007
The super-senses of oilbirds

The super-senses of oilbirds

The unique and intriguing oilbird of Central and South America flies at night, navigates like a bat, lives in caves and defies evolutionary explanation.
Article
26 Feb, 2007