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The Incredible Design of Vertebrate Blood Clotting

Recently, a commenter on the Center for Science and Culture’s Facebook page asked about a paper by the late biochemist Russell F. Doolittle. Read More ›
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Photo: Dolphins, by Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

From Winston Ewert, New Peer-Reviewed Paper on Dependency Graph Model

Ewert's model represents a valuable tool in the developing theory of biological design, which should eventually supplant phylogenetic analyses. Read More ›
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New on YouTube: Michael Behe Unravels the Mystery of Biological Information — And the Marvel of Bones

The question posed by considering evolutionary theory versus intelligent design is whether a marvel like the femur could have arisen by chance-driven processes. Read More ›
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Dr. Glicksman: How Life Leverages the Laws of Nature

In the “just so” stories of the Darwinian narrative, these engineering solutions simply evolved. They emerged and got conserved. Read More ›
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Photo: An elephantfish, by Devon Bowen, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Noise Cancellation: A Remarkable Design Solution in Biology

The principle behind this biological methodology can be extended to every case in biology where an organism needs to discriminate signals from self. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Carina Nebula, by James Webb Space Telescope via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Comparing Design Evidence in Physics Versus Biology — Is One Stronger than the Other?

The multiverse is nakedly an attempt to save atheism from science. Darwinian theory is less nakedly so. Read More ›
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Photo: Burgess Shale, by Mark A. Wilson (Wilson44691) (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster).[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

From Bad to Worse for Darwinism, as New Cambrian Explosion Finds Arrive

Less time and more complexity are compressed into an impossible challenge for evolution. Read More ›
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Photo: Venus flytrap, by Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Bioelectricity Gives Biologists a Jolt

We’ve explored bioelectricity in cells. We’ve looked at it within the human body. Now, electrical engineering is being found in the realms between. Read More ›
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Barbieri’s Dilemma: Biological Information without Intelligence

The problem is obvious: Information is by its nature immaterial. It is measured in bits, not kilograms or joules. Read More ›
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Image: John Henry Newman, by John Everett Millais, via Wikimedia Commons.

Teaching Intelligent Design to Revitalize Catholic Education

Many Christian schools teach the same curriculum that secular schools do with some added religious flavoring. Read More ›

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