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Chatting with Biologist Richard Sternberg About a Formative Intellectual Experience

Dr. Sternberg described an encounter with theoretical biologist Robert Rosen and his work. Read More ›
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Image: Human eye, by FelixMittermeier, via Pixabay.

Design (But Not Design) Is the New Unifying Principle of Biology

The human eye is for seeing, whether or not it has any effect on genetics. However, this common-sense view has a problem. Read More ›
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Teleonomy
Photo: Leatherback turtles hatching, by Elise Peterson (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Teleonomy and Evolution

Does a turtle swim ashore and lay eggs, or to lay eggs? Read More ›
Earth

“The Ultimate Bootstrap”

Caleb Scharf explores the degrees of magnitude separating the immensity of the universe from the smallest particle of matter. Read More ›
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#GivingTuesday — Help Us Transform Science and Culture!

One #GivingTuesday donor has already offered to match your gift by 50 percent. So if you give $200 today, you will actually be giving $300! Read More ›
Will Universities Embrace Freedom, or Censor Ideas?
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Photo: Sculpture of Wilfrid Laurier, campus of Wilfrid Laurier University, by Laurel L. Russwurm [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Will Universities Embrace Freedom, or Censor Ideas?

A teacher’s assistant at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada was chastised after she showed a video of two professors from the University of Toronto debating. Read More ›
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Image at top: Kinesin at work in the cell, from "Kinesin: The Workhorse of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

ID’s Top Six — The Origin of Irreducibly Complex Molecular Machines

There is no known cause, other than intelligent design, that can produce machine-like structures with multiple interacting parts. Read More ›
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ID’s Top Six — The Origin of Information in DNA and the Origin of Life

The laws of the universe are necessary for life to exist. But they aren’t sufficient to explain how life arose. Read More ›
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blind cave fish
Photo: Mexican blind cave fish, by James St. John, via Flickr.

Upsetting Another Evolutionary Icon — Blindness in Cave Fish Is Due to Epigenetics

Methylation of key development genes represses their expression, and with it eye development, in this venerable icon of evolution. Read More ›
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Internet of Cells: The Next Revolution?

Cells are connected in surprising ways that molecular biologists are just now beginning to understand. Read More ›

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