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red blood cells
red blood cells
Image credit: Red blood cells, Gerd Altmann via Pixabay.

Behe Answers Best Objections to Irreducible Complexity

Following the philosopher Alvin Plantinga, Pat Flynn says that some of the attacks on Behe have been hysterical, but some have been more thoughtful. Read More ›
black tailed prairie dog
prairie dog
Photo: A prairie dog, by skeeze via Pixabay.

Defining the “Science of Purpose”

The "science of purpose" is new to the analytic framework, and is thus obliged to make the case for its claim to validity.  Read More ›
RuvAB
Image source: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (screen shot).

RuvAB: Another Elegant Molecular Motor Visualized

This machine looks like something out of a CAD/CAM project, but it’s found in bacteria. Read More ›
TW & Two BST
Photo source: Tom Woodward.

Report from Australia: Sharing Design Evidence Down Under

While I packed for my July/August speaking tour of Queensland, Australia, science writer Stephen Buranyi dropped an 11-page bombshell in London. Read More ›
tennis
Photo credit: Dima Khudorozhkov via Unsplash.

Burgess: Claims of “Poor Design” in Skeletal Joints Are Based on Critics’ Lack of Training in Engineering

Burgess’s lecture confronts one of the most common abuses of science aimed at suppressing the evidence for design in biology. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Radiotrophic fungus, by CDC/Dr. Leanor Haley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

An Origin-of-Life Poser: No Short Cut to Energy-Harnessing

What about reports of a radiotrophic fungus near the Chernobyl nuclear accident that can feed off radiation? Read More ›
Doctor examining pregnant woman
heartbeat
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Biologist P. Z. Meyers Denies That Life Begins at Conception

Obviously, life begins at conception. With the fusion of the sperm and the egg, a new human life begins. Read More ›
Long Story Short
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Energy Harnessing: Achilles Heel for the Origin of Life

This isn’t the sort of hurdle that mindless natural processes can overcome, but it is precisely the sort of problem that a designing mind could solve. Read More ›
hummingbird
Photo credit: Zdeněk Macháček via Unsplash.

A Closer Look at Hummingbird Tongue Design

Did evolutionary theory contribute anything to this study? The authors speculate briefly about “co-evolution” of flowers and their pollinators. Read More ›
lightning
lightning
Photo credit: http://www.cgpgrey.com / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

The Electric Cell: More Synergy with Physics Found in Cellular Coding

Imaging techniques down to the picometer scale are permitting detection of previously unknown alliances of cellular software with electrostatics and mechanics. Read More ›

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