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Photo: Scene from the Behe-Swamidass debate on intelligent design and evolution, a slide by Dr. Behe (bacteriophage); by Forrest Mims.

Bacteriophage Is the New Poster Child for Darwin’s Doom

Through no fault of Darwin’s, neither he nor anyone else in his day had a clue about the nature of cellular life and biological information. Read More ›
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#9 Story of 2021: Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Have a Poor Track Record

For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology. Read More ›
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Meyer: Did a Student’s Challenging Question to Dean Kenyon Spark the Modern ID Movement?

Stephen Meyer discusses theories, like Kenyon’s, that seek to account for the information in DNA by reference to chemical forces alone. Read More ›
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Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Future of Biology

Previously, Dr. Wells showed that embryo development requires information carried by membrane patterns in embryonic cells. Read More ›
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Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Bioelectric Code

Jonathan Wells explains how biological information is carried in the form of a bioelectric code, and how it differs from the information in DNA. Read More ›
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Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Sugar Code

Biologist Jonathan Wells discusses the “sugar code,” a non-DNA form of information that is determined by patterns of sugar molecules on membrane surfaces. Read More ›
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Photo: Plant cells, by Hermann Schachner, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

England, Davies: Honesty, if Not Agreement, on the Origin of Life

Jeremey England explained his conjecture that the flow of energy through a chemical system could cause it to self-organize in such a way as to move toward life. Read More ›
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Photo: Chicken embryo, by Ben Skála (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Jonathan Wells: Biological Information Beyond DNA

Dr. Wells explaining why DNA information in an embryo can only do its job in the context of spatial information that is specified independently of it. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design Has Implications for Genome Editing

Biology is a lavish display of sophisticated designs exceeding all human engineering to date. Read More ›
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Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Don’t Have a Good Track Record

For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology. Read More ›

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