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Can You Trust Your Thoughts? The Argument from Reason and Its Implications for Darwinism

If human thoughts are merely the result of blind physical processes, then there is no logical basis for trusting our own minds. Read More ›
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Cronin’s Assembly Theory Continues to Perform Its Magic

Cronin and Walker know what is wrong with origin-of-life research. They’re just afraid of what may be right. Read More ›
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Active Matter: Newfound Order in “Disordered” Proteins

Intrinsically disordered regions of proteins may not be functionless after all. They appear to be multi-functional. Read More ›
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In Fifty Years, How the Discussion About Science and Faith Has Changed

Decades ago, as I can recall from personal experience, there seemed to be only two choices. Read More ›
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Garbage Goodbye: In Blow to Junk RNA, “Majority” of Transcription Not “Background Noise”

A 2026 paper reports on an AI trained on genomic data, including data from a 2024 paper, enabling it to predict when transcription would be initiated. Read More ›
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Four Major Questions for Materialists

Let’s look at the long, complicated counterargument of the materialists to see if we can find the errors or unverified points. Read More ›
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New Paper Argues for the “Unreasonable Likelihood of Being”

How long did life have to get started? Endres notes that life on earth could not have emerged until after two early global sterilizing impacts. Read More ›
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Olfaction in Three Dimensions: Introducing the Nasal Cycle

Besides the nose helping the mouth to bring in air, it also screens out dust and pollutants, while warming and adding water to prepare it for the lungs. Read More ›
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Interoception: An Emerging Design Concept in Biology

We’ve heard of proprioception, the awareness of our limbs in space and time, but interoception is a companion sense. Read More ›
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Michael Behe: Why Darwinism Will Eventually Collapse

Dr. Behe recently presented some of his ID arguments to faculty, students, and post-docs at Cornell University. Read More ›

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