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Photo: "Ribosome Sculptures," New York Hall of Science, Ryan Somma via Flickr (cropped).

A Tweet Representing the Core Challenge We Face

Christian Landry is the Principal Investigator of a lab at Laval University in Quebec, doing really interesting work on cellular networks. Read More ›
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40 Trillion Cells in Your Body, Each Poses a Mystery — Episode 2 of Secrets Series Is Now Up

“Except for guys like these, not everyone really understands what’s inside.” So says Lehigh University biochemist Michael Behe. Read More ›
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The Hidden City

Picture a hidden city, that though it cannot be seen, is everywhere. Sound crazy? It’s real. Read More ›
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Meeting Phil Johnson at Berkeley

As a biology graduate student, I had seen first-hand some of the alleged evidence for the “fact” of common descent. Read More ›
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Image: Hippolytus takes a fatal tumble from his chariot; by Lawrence Alma-Tadema [Public domain].

Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error

He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us. Read More ›
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Image: Hemoglobin, Illustra Media, from Origin: Design, Chance and the First Life on Earth.

Dazzling Acts in the Cell Circus

If life didn’t depend on these acts by cellular organelles and molecules, we would consider them death-defying performances in the greatest show on earth. Read More ›
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Biologist Ann Gauger: Apoptosis (Cell Death) Is an Enigma for Darwinism

Sarah Chaffee and Discovery Institute biologist Ann Gauger have been conducting a multipart conversation about the cell. Read More ›
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The Cell as a City: Examining an Apt Metaphor

On most days, city services are invisible to residents. We take them for granted through a lack of thoughtfulness -- and gratitude. Read More ›
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Photo: Strawberry Fields, Central Park, NYC, by Damzow (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Self-Replicating Droplets: Evidence or a Shot in the Dark?

In origin-of-life theories the term "imagine" appears quite often. Read More ›

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