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mitochondria
Photo credit: Torsten Wittmann, University of California, San Francisco, via NIH/Flickr (cropped).

Mitochondria Promoted to Information Processing Systems

The label “powerhouses of the cell” was too simplistic for the many tasks performed every second by these computing, networking, signaling, regulating wonders. Read More ›
fern
Photo credit: Clyde Gravenberch via Unsplash.

Gene Sharing Is More Widespread than Thought, with Implications for Darwinism

Evidence is growing that organisms share existing genetic information horizontally, not just vertically. Read More ›
topoisomerase
Image: Topoisomerase II, by Discovery Institute.

Topoisomerase Origins Defy Darwinian Explanations

A review of the topoisomerase family of molecular machines that repair DNA ignores where they came from. Another article tries but has no answers. Read More ›
Maxwell Montes
Photo: Maxwell Montes, by NASA/JPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Astrobiology Points to the “Miracle of Man”

Scientists are making observations that add to Denton’s case, further constraining the requirements for habitability. Read More ›
Anomalocaris
Anomalocaris
Image credit: Anomalocaris, Katrina Kenny & University of Adelaide/UNE Photos, via Flickr.

Cambrian Explosion: More Woes and Dodges

Evolutionists are still failing to explain the Cambrian explosion. They struggle to explain new complexities or else try to change the subject. Read More ›
Galápagos_finch
Photo: Galápagos finch, by Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Non-Mendelian Inheritance Undermines Neo-Darwinism

Neo-Darwinians breathed a sigh of relief when in the 1930s they found a way to incorporate Mendel’s laws of heredity. Now, that relief is unraveling. Read More ›
honey bee
Photo credit: Tanner Smida, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Put Some of This on That Wound, Honey

The antiseptic properties of natural honey are getting more attention as antibiotic-resistant bacteria proliferate. Read More ›
forest
Photo credit: Arnaud Mesureur via Unsplash.

Controversy Arising: Timetrees Unconstrained

Two theorists have created a stir in evolutionary circles, claiming that Darwinian phylogeny efforts (tree-building) cannot be constrained to one “best” answer. Read More ›
first-responders
Photo: First responders, by Matt Chesin via Unsplash.

How to Destroy Love with Darwinism

When Darwin proposed a new view of biology based on chance, he cheapened everything, including our most precious human values. Read More ›
Wally the Llama
Photo: Wally the Llama, by Sonya Paske, Capralogics Ltd., via EurekAlert!

A Biomimetics Cure for COVID-19? Thank This Llama

What appears to have great prospects for widespread, safe deployment of an inhalable anti-coronavirus therapy comes from an unlikely source. Read More ›

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