Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
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David Coppedge

Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone
Photo: Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone, by David Coppedge.

Transfer RNAs Wear Special Gear for Hot Water

As usual, evolution-talk is inversely proportional to the amount of detail presented about cellular workings. Read More ›
Neutrophils
Photo: Neutrophils, by Dr Graham Beards, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Cell Fate: Another Hurdle for Evolution

When a stem cell divides, one daughter cell must maintain its stemness while the other specializes. Therein lies another truckload of requirements. Read More ›
bacterial-flagellum
Image credit: Illustra Media.

Get a Load of This Souped-Up Hyperdrive Magnetotactic Bacterium

"MO-1 is a magnetotactic bacterium capable of orienting its cell body along the geomagnetic field lines by using magnetosomes." Read More ›
sea turtles
Photo: Sea turtles, by Claudio Giovenzana, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Navigating Animals, a Gift from Magnetotactic Bacteria

Nowhere do these scientists explain how bacteria invented magnetotaxis and encoded it into their genes. Read More ›
eye
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Darwinists Seek to Explain the Eye’s Engineering Perfection

First, they turn evolution into an engineer. Personification is a common ploy by Darwinists. Read More ›
eye
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Evolutionists: The Eye Is “Close to Perfect”

Two evolutionists make a stunning admission: the human eye is not poorly engineered, after all.  Read More ›
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Darwin Wept: Cambrian Brains and Other Challenges for Evolution

Whenever you find papers and articles dealing with the Cambrian fossil record in the usual science journals, there are commonalities. Read More ›
Sand_from_Gobi_Desert
Photo credit: Siim Sepp, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Applying the Design Filter to Biological Sands

If you look closely at beach sand, you may find some grains that stand out. They are shaped like spirals, stars, or striated cones. Read More ›
Animal Algorithms
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An Engineering Marvel, Animals Find Their Way by Reading Earth’s Magnetic Field

Intelligent design predicts that organisms will be equipped with complex systems that can take advantage of environmental cues and respond with precision. Read More ›
Cassini mission to Saturn
Image: Cassini Saturn orbiter via JPL/NASA.

Microbe Performs Rocket Science, Vital for Life on Earth

This little machine, which also knows how to recycle and reuse all its parts in a sustainable “green” way, keeps the nitrogen in balance for the whole planet. Read More ›

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