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How Biochemist Matti Leisola’s Lab Experience Persuaded Him of Intelligent Design

Leisola describes a humble example — the enzymes in washing powder we use in the laundry, with the ability to degrade proteins. Read More ›
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Matti Leisola
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Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, and the “Line of Despair”

Francis Schaeffer described what he called the “line of despair,” an assumption that faith and reason are separated from each other permanently. Read More ›
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Photo: Library shelves after an earthquake, by San José Public Library, via Flickr.

The Origin of Life: Correcting Common Mistakes on Thermodynamics

The driving tendencies in nature on the early Earth would have been analogous to seismic tremors rearranging the books in the library. Read More ›
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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 ›
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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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Reaching the “Limits” of Material Explanations — Can It Be Done?

"Science is a game with one defining rule," writes UCLA biochemist Richard E. Dickerson. Read More ›
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Vacuous Evasion: When Keith Fox Met Doug Axe (in a Radio Debate)

Earlier today, Dr. Axe made a telling point against Dr. Fox of Southampton University. Read More ›
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How Biochemist Keith Fox Thinks About Enzyme Origins…And Why He Should Think Again

Maybe he believes his goal of persuading non-scientists doesn’t call for the facts to be handled with the care his scientific colleagues expect. Read More ›
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New Study on the Evolution of Photosynthesis — A “Very Advanced Capability”

It is not as though photosynthesis is a tangential capability or a minor event in the “evolutionary history” of life. Read More ›
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Photo: Klondike prospectors, Chilkoot Pass, 1898, by Cantwell, George G. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Epigenomics “Gold Rush” Is Underway

Intelligent design can take ownership of the next level in the hierarchy of biological organization. Read More ›

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