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Missing the Irony, an Evolutionist Decries Private Truth

Ironically, the ultimate origin of private truth is the materialism that you yourself, Dr. Coyne, espouse. Read More ›
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Cohesins and Condensins: Next-Generation Bobby Pins

Picture this: you grab a box of bobby pins, clip them to the ends of your hair, and sit in front of a mirror. Read More ›
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Physicist Eric Hedin: Information Processing as a Hallmark of Life

I begin a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, a physicist and author who’s been asking bold questions about the hidden patterns of life. Read More ›
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Biopolymers: Change One Word to Eliminate the Contradiction

The living state itself depends on the prior existence of biopolymers (such as RNA and DNA) which were themselves not produced by abiotic processes. Read More ›
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Killing for Organs — Who Could Possibly Object?

Three doctors promote the idea of “redefining death” to allow patients to be killed for their organs. Read More ›
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With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that.  Read More ›
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Darwinists Fear Conversations Like the One Casey Luskin Just Had with Denis Noble

As Casey Luskin described yesterday, he had a fruitful and genial online discussion recently with Oxford University biologist and physiologist Denis Noble. Read More ›
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Recurring Design Logic in Attenuation Mechanisms

Despite the striking parallels between these systems in terms of the design logic, these attenuation systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›
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Recurring Design Logic in Operon Regulation

As we see in these two examples, the design logic is the same. And yet, these two systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›
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Another Case Where “Junk” Myth Impeded Science

For decades, evolutionary biologists considered non-coding regions of DNA as evolutionary junk. Read More ›

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