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mitosis

Biologist Scott Turner’s Purpose and Desire, In His Own Words

If Turner is right, the clockwork, mechanistic, DNA-centric model may have met its match. Read More ›
Babett's Feast

A “Facilitator” of the Intelligent Design Movement — Dembski Pays Tribute to His Father

He concludes with a link to the final scene from Babette’s Feast. If you watch it, or already know it, you’ll understand why. Read More ›
Wonder-of-Water

Water — A Grand Story of Intelligent Design, Told by Michael Denton

Its unique properties allow it to fill many roles throughout the biological world, from forming the matrix of our cells, to regulating the temperature of our planet. Read More ›
Walter-Bradley

You’ve Been Edited — Another ID Scholar, Walter Bradley, Gets the Wikipedia Treatment

We reported here the other day that distinguished German paleontologist Günter Bechly was erased by Wikipedia. Read More ›
conformity

Science Philosopher: Science World Beset by “Filters,” “Conformity,” “Hidebound” Thinking

How often have we heard the stale line about how science adores fresh thinking that topples past idols? Read More ›

How to Think About Minority Science Views — The Case of Plate Tectonics

The idea that continents drift is now taken for granted, but it wasn’t always. Read More ›
Golden Record

If No One Can Play It, Is It Music?

Archiving music in DNA for future generations sounds promising, as long as the playback directions are not forgotten. Read More ›
giver of life

Water, Ultimate Giver of Life, Points to Intelligent Design

Fire and water — could there be a more iconic dual symbol of the way our world, or its designer, saw us coming and carefully prepared the way? Read More ›
Wonder of Water
Michael Denton

At Bridalveil Fall — Michael Denton on the Wonder of Water

Thanks to a unique cluster of properties, water is able to fulfill many roles essential to our living planet. Read More ›
meteorite
Image credit: Frantisek_Krejci, via Pixabay.

An Extraterrestrial Spin on the RNA World

The authors argue that RNA molecules appeared in warm little ponds more than 4.17 billion years ago, transported by “meteorites and interplanetary dust particles." Read More ›

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