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Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land?  Read More ›
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The Birth of Science and of the Cosmos

Do we have to choose between science and God? Absolutely not, says philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
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Challenged on the “1 Percent” Myth, Smithsonian Gives a Meaningless Non-Answer

Note to President Trump: I find this pretty disrespectful to the people who pay the bills at the Smithsonian. Read More ›
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The “Three Cardinal Problems of Biology,” Revisited

In the last 70 years it was expected by many that all three of Jean Rostand's "cardinal problems of biology" would be solved without design. Read More ›
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As a Platonist, Sternberg Is NOT Out on a Limb by Himself — At All

What I’ve learned since my book came out is that Dr. Sternberg, far from being isolated in his views, is only saying the quiet part out loud. Read More ›
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Behaviorism Failed Much as Darwinism Has Done

The human mind, like the origin and development of life itself, is not reducible to merely physical processes. Read More ›
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Jonathan Wells Cleared the Ground for Intelligent Design

He had a sense of the immateriality of the genome, much like that of his friend Richard Sternberg. Read More ›
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Three Memories of William F. Buckley

For Buckley on evolution, see here. I’m enjoying the new bio of him very so far, but am prepared to start joining the critics as I read further. Read More ›
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Engineered Complexity in the Microbial World

Many biological “adaptations” may involve the use of innate abilities or the disruption of existing functions, rather than the creation of entirely new ones. Read More ›
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Peter Corning and the Taint of Vitalism

As the insightful work of Corning and others has shown, the vitalist/mechanist debate in biology is nowhere near over. If anything, it’s just getting started. Read More ›

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