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Watch: Biologist Michael Denton on Photosynthesis and Planetary Design

To fully grasp Denton’s thesis is to wipe clean the smear of dull complacency that materialism tirelessly spreads. Read More ›
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Image: Pioneer 10 plaque, designed by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake; artwork prepared by Linda Salzman, Sagan.Photograph, by NASA Ames Resarch Center (NASA-ARC) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Let There Be Light — New Book from Michael Denton Continues Privileged Species Series

This is intelligent design that sweeps the planet, covering not biology alone, but chemistry, geology, and physics. Read More ›
Banded Iron Formation
Photo credit: Banded iron formations, by Zhiquan Li/University of Alberta, via EurekAlert!

Newly Identified Banded Iron Formation Puts Origins Theories on Horns of a Dilemma

Many claim the Cambrian explosion was triggered by a sudden global increase in oxygen levels. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Earth as seen from the International Space Station, by Chris Meaney, NASA Goddard's Conceptual Image Lab.

A Panicked Scientist, a Privileged Planet

Our planet’s view of the sun is critical to life, obviously, but equally critical is that it’s a shielded view. Read More ›
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Photo source: StockSnap, via Pixabay.

New Geochemical Discoveries Reaffirm Earth as a Privileged Planet

Remember CHONPS — the acronym you learned in high school to remember the elements most important for life? Read More ›
meteorite
Image credit: Frantisek_Krejci, via Pixabay.

An Extraterrestrial Spin on the RNA World

The authors argue that RNA molecules appeared in warm little ponds more than 4.17 billion years ago, transported by “meteorites and interplanetary dust particles." Read More ›

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