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2021

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Engineers in the Systems Biology Revolution

Systems biology is taking the biological world by storm, an approach that treats biological systems as optimally or near-optimally engineered systems. Read More ›
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Egnor Versus Dillahunty: “Does God Exist?”

There's a time for gentle and friendly conversations with atheist and Darwinian interlocutors, and a time for a more, shall we say, pugilistic approach. Read More ›
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Nearly All of Evolution Is Best Explained by Engineering

Transposable elements modify gene regulation in maize to confer drought tolerance, alter flowering time, and enable plants to grow in toxic aluminum soils. Read More ›
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In Science — But Not Just in Science — Who Can Still Believe the “Elites”?

The comforting old assumption seems more hollow by the day. The “gathering revolt” has arrived. Read More ›
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Oxford’s John Lennox: Why Science and the Universe Itself Call for a Creator

That there is something at all rather than nothing is a truth that atheists Stephen Hawking, Lawrence Krauss, and others have sought to smooth other. Read More ›
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Insects and Design: Ant and Honeybee Engineers

If you’ve ever watched ants busily tunneling in an ant farm, you may have noticed that the intricate finished product rarely collapses. Why is that? Read More ›
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Arthropod Architects Amaze Engineers

They appear in the early Cambrian fossil record: the first examples of the most diverse phylum on earth. Who knew their skills would become the envy of human engineers? Read More ›
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Norm Macdonald’s God Hypothesis 

Norm casually took on the entire scientific community for “refusing to explore” what he considered the “fundamental question” of God’s existence. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection Has Left a Legacy of Confusion over Biological Adaptation

Our ability to adapt to fantastically diverse circumstances did not result from the happenstance of environmental conditions. Read More ›
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“Ultracrepidarianism” — A Helpful New Word for a Problem in Science and Elsewhere

It alludes to an adage with roots in ancient Greece, “Let the cobbler not judge above the sandal.” That is, mind your own business. Read More ›

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