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Green Creatures: The Intelligent Design of Plants

Emily Reeves notes the operation of photosystem II, “the only enzyme in nature that is known to be able to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen." Read More ›
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Hemingway and the Scopes Trial

William Jennings Bryan had a hard time coming up with expert scientific witnesses who were dubious of Darwinian theory. He wouldn’t now. Read More ›
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An Ancient Argument for the Soul

Sixteen hundred years ago, Augustine tells a friend about a dream a skeptical local doctor had, where a sharp youth asked him some pointed questions. Read More ›
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Another Case Where “Junk” Myth Impeded Science

For decades, evolutionary biologists considered non-coding regions of DNA as evolutionary junk. Read More ›
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McLatchie Explains Design Implications of DNA Replication

Dr. McClatchie notes its “primitive” nature — meaning, not a lack of sophistication (quite the opposite!) but that life at the most basic level depends on it. Read More ›
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AI Corruption of Science Papers Becomes Evident

Reliance on machine-written material may signal a long and continuing decline in the quality of research in many fields. Read More ›
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Stephen Iacoboni: Finding Purpose in Medicine and Science

Ultimately, Dr. Iacoboni aims to help his fellow physicians escape the “suffocating boundaries of mechanism and materialism.” Read More ›
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Slime Mold: Thanks for the Memories

In recent decades, researchers have been learning about memory in slime molds which have neither a brain nor neurons. Read More ›
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Fact Check: Has a Study Shown “How Bacteria Evolved Powered-Up Propellers”?

This is a classic case of the media overstating the evidence for some evolutionary claim.  Read More ›
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Rigorous and Design‑Focused: Discovery Institute’s Homeschool High-School Science Courses

Give your high‑schooler a course that sparks curiosity today and prepares them for the science of tomorrow. Read More ›

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