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How Systems Biology Is Adopting an Engineering Framework

Everything from metabolic pathways optimized for efficiency to brain blood vessels designed as protective shock absorbers demonstrates multi-level planning. Read More ›
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CSC Science Team Asks: What Should We Expect to Find in Nature?

The junk DNA paradigm shift is a good example of how an intelligent design framework can serve as a productive guide to scientific research.  Read More ›
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In Science, Endless Competing Models Are a Warning Sign

Some of us are old enough to remember when the origin of life was a question that science would answer — soon. But that was hundreds of promising theories ago. Read More ›
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Gordon and Miller Answer Objections to Cosmic Fine-Tuning

Fine-tuning strongly favors theism because it predicts a life-permitting order in advance, while naturalism only retrofits explanations after the fact. Read More ›
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Fine-Tuning — for the Universe or for Life? A Physicist Exercises His Imagination

Teetering on the brink of science fiction is the supposition that advanced civilizations would utilize black holes for energy sources. Read More ›
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Is Intelligent Design the Root of All Science Skepticism?

As author C. W. Howell puts it, various ID proponents have sometimes committed the thought crime of “doubting the science consensus outside evolution." Read More ›
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Fighting a Battle That’s Over, and ID Won, Designer Science Omits Key Portions of ID’s History

I want to be fair to Howell, but I also want to be fair to my colleagues who have worked hard developing and publishing new ID arguments over the past 20 years. Read More ›
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Fossil Explosions Persist, and Other Confirmations of Intelligent Design

From 2016 until his tragic death in 2025, Bechly made many important contributions to ID literature on the topic of fossil explosions in the history of life. Read More ›
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Moving Intelligent Design Forward: A Seminar to Remember

Graduates won’t be alone. A bonus for Seminar grads is the opportunity to be connected with a mentor who will help them navigate the hostile environment ahead. Read More ›
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New Peer-Reviewed Paper Provides a How-To Manual for Using ID to Guide Research

The paper explains what the theory of intelligent design is and how it can be used to generate testable scientific predictions, or “expectations.” Read More ›

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