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Engineering Meets Biology: CELS 2020 Early Registration Discount Expires This Sunday

You’ll hear about the latest research, explore new ideas, develope new skills, and collaborate to propose new research projects. Read More ›
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Join Us: Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, April 23-25, in Southern California

The most spectacular example of an engineered living system is the human body, toward the invention of which the whole cosmos appears to have been very carefully aimed. Read More ›
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Conference on Engineering in Living Systems: Application Process is Open Now

The conference will follow a workshop-like format of discussion-oriented sessions in a collegial setting. Read More ›
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How Should We Then Teach Evolution? 

Students who learn the difficult but important skills of examining data are more likely to engage in learning that sets them up for future STEM success. Read More ›
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Apocalypse Now — More Things Scientists Would Like You to Forget 

We must never confuse scientific consensus with science. Science is inquiry. Consensus is cloture of inquiry. Read More ›
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The Lovable Venus Flytrap: A Design Analysis

A correspondent sends along this remarkable nature video from the BBC and asks a good question. Read More ›
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Teaching About Intelligent Design at Hong Kong Baptist University

Ironically, our students may have more intellectual freedom in China to pursue the truth than they would have in many universities in the United States. Read More ›
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New Engineering Textbook, Hacking the Cosmos, Argues for Intelligent Design

According to Halsmer, engineering involves “the creative use of resources and ingenuity to accomplish a purpose or solve a problem.” It does so by creating “affordances.” Read More ›
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How Marcos Eberlin Discovered Intelligent Design

His journey in our direction started in 2008 when he was teaching at Brazil’s top university, the University of Campinas. Read More ›
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Marcos Eberlin: Chicken-and-Egg Questions Suffuse Life, Pointing to Intelligent Design

“To get A we need B, but to get B we first need A. To get both together, we need foresight — an engineer capable of planning for the future.” Read More ›

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