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Dave Farina
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Professor Dave — Conspiracy Theorist

The scientist — Javier Campos-Gomez at the University of Alabama at Birmingham — was easy to find and I emailed him to confirm that he is who he says he is. Read More ›
Respiratory Complex I
Image source: Emily Reeves, UCSF Chimera.

An Engineering Marvel: Uncovering the Mechanism of Respiratory Complex I

Complex I is involved in the electron transport chain, which is part of the biochemical process by which we create ATP, the energy molecule of life. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Shoeib Abolhassani via Unsplash.

Same-Handed Molecules Are an “Overarching Design Principle” in Life, Say Researchers

Without foresight to solve heterochiral incidents, a primordial cell would quickly perish even if, against all odds, it began homochiral.  Read More ›
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Zombie Science: Miller-Urey Experiment Is Back from the Dead, Barely

Scientifically speaking, the Miller experiment was a non-starter. Then when the atmosphere they used was called into question, the icon was doubly dead. Read More ›
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common descent
Photo: Midge chromosomes, by Dr. Josef Reischig [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

DNA Packing: One of the Supreme Wonders of Nature

The cell packs two meters of DNA into a 10-micron nucleus. How? The machinery is as intelligently designed as the genome itself. Read More ›
phagocyte
Photo: Engulfed by a phagocyte, by Leena H. Bajrai, Samia Benamar, Esam I. Azhar, Catherine Robert, Anthony Levasseur, Didier Raoult, Bernard La Scola. Academic Editor: Eric O. Freed, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Cell Cannibalism Shows Intelligent Design

“Eat me!” cries a cell to other cells. But biochemists know it is for the greater good. Read More ›
Futerman
Image credit: Brian Gage.

God Hypothesis: Meyer “Masterfully Summarizes the Evidence,” Says Biochemist Anthony Futerman

It's the evidence from cosmology and physics and biology together that allows the inference not just to a generic intelligent designer but to a personal God. Read More ›
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dog
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Michael Medved Talks with Michael Behe About “Mere Evolution”

Insofar as we can track evolution as it has happened, e.g. in dog breeds, it consists overwhelming of breaking genes, the degradation of biological information. Read More ›
Behe and Mousetrap
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Excerpt: Darwinism and Design

Much of the difficulty here arises in the differing standards that different disciplines have for what constitutes an “explanation.” Read More ›
Klondike Gold Rush
Photo: A scene from the Klondike Gold Rush, by Hegg, E.A (1867-1948) / Public domain.

Does Gold Have a Purpose? Science Hints at Answers

A gold rush makes sense. But a copper rush? Not so much. And yet, perhaps there is more to gold than aesthetics. Read More ›

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