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Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
Image credit: Brian Gage.

Behe on Denton’s Latest: “The Universe Miraculously Got [It] Right”

"Michael Denton is the world’s most profound thinker about the physical and chemical requirements for the existence of a humanoid species like ourselves." Read More ›
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Meyer Tour podcast
Photo: James Tour interviewing Stephen Meyer.

Tour to Meyer: Make Your Best Case for the Theory of Intelligent Design

James Tour and Stephen Meyer assess an exchange between two physicists about the origin of life, and Tour notes his hesitance about ID. Read More ›
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Photo: Northwest Crown Fire Experiment, by permission of the USDA Forest Service / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5).

Fire and Fitness: A Summary of the Evidence

Surely there could not be an equivalent ensemble of fitness in nature for some other type of life. Read More ›
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glass-making
Photo: Glass-making, by Hessam / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

How Man Became the Fire-Maker

Being terrestrial is one obvious requirement. No fully aquatic species could master fire and thus develop metallurgy. Read More ›
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Image: Water wire, by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, via Poul Petersen, Cornell University/EurekAlert!

Biophysicists Find Water Wires Are Biological Information Channels

Do the authors of the study think this is intelligently designed? They almost say so. Read More ›
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Photo: Decorative ironwork, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, by Jebulon / CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Mankind, the Leap from Copper to Iron Was a Landmark Advance

The importance of metals, particularly iron, and the importance of the discovery of metallurgy can hardly be exaggerated. Read More ›
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Trapped in the Naturalistic Parabola

You may have noticed a strange loop which arises spontaneously in many sectors of the intelligent design debate. Read More ›
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Here’s How to Fight Censorship — In a “Nutshell”

The five authors, led by Thomas Y. Lo, cover the range of evidence for intelligent design in under 150 pages. Read More ›
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Message from the Molecules — They Say “Intelligent Design”

You could have an interesting argument about which field of science will ultimately clinch the argument for intelligent design. Read More ›

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