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Tesla factory
Tesla factory
Photo: Tesla factory, by Steve Jurvetson / CC BY.

“A Summary of the Evidence for Intelligent Design”: The Study Guide

"Imagine engineers were able to design cars with car building factories inside, with the ability to build new cars with car building factories inside them." Read More ›
axolotl
Photo: A axolotl can regenerate itself, by Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Morphogenesis: Coding for Shape

How do you get a 3-D shape from a linear code? That is the puzzle of morphogenesis. Read More ›
purple unicorn

Evolving a Self-Replicating Molecule Is a “Purple Unicorn”

Eric H. Anderson tells of Richard Dawkins’s glib assurances that the mystery of the origin of life is one not far from being solved. Read More ›
dates

Fruitful Science: The Marvel of a Seed

If engineers could make something like a seed, it would be absolutely phenomenal. Then, imagine getting the object to last for thousands of years and still work. Read More ›
Antikythera mechanism

DNA of Things: Embedding Machines with Replication Data

In 1901, divers brought up from an ancient shipwreck the first part of the Antikythera mechanism made by Greek inventors. Read More ›
First_replication

In Search of Self-Replicating Clocks

That Darwinism seems even superficially plausible depends completely on the ability of living things to reproduce themselves without significant degradation. Read More ›
3D printing with bacteria

Flink Fast! Here’s a Biodesign Paper for Happy ID Holidays

Two highly complex creatures, humans and bacteria, team up for a new future, using 3D printing with “functional living ink” — Flink. Read More ›

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