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Wonder-of-Water

Water — A Grand Story of Intelligent Design, Told by Michael Denton

Its unique properties allow it to fill many roles throughout the biological world, from forming the matrix of our cells, to regulating the temperature of our planet. Read More ›
Salk Institute

Researchers Highlight Logistics Nightmare Facing Chromosome Controls

Packing that entire genome into a tiny nucleus poses a formidable challenge. And you want it organized and accessible, too? Read More ›
proteome architecture
proteome
Image credit: HypnoArt via Pixabay.

Subcellular Map of the Human Proteome Reveals “Highly Complex Architecture”

The degree of regulation and control required for this system is not only enormous, but contrary to evolutionary expectations. Read More ›
Blue Ice, South Greenland
thermodynamics
Photo credit: Visit Greenland from Nuuk, Greenland (Blue ice in South Greenland) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Tornadoes, Ice, and Cells: The Challenge from Thermodynamics to Origin-of-Life Scenarios

This is a subject on which materialists are largely silent, and with good reason. Read More ›
Workhorse of the Cell
nanotechnology
Image source: “The Workhorse of the Cell: Kinesin,” via Discovery Institute.

Nanotechnology Engineers Struggle to Match Cell Performance

Scientists are taking baby steps toward imitating what cells do all the time. Read More ›
Expedition 49 Soyuz MS-01 Landing
life
Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

“Life Is a Discontinuity in the Universe”

There are 37 trillion cells in the human body, some 200 cell types, and 12,000+ specialized proteins. How does it all come together? Read More ›
Indiana Jones hat
DNA
Photo: Hat from Indiana Jones movie, for sale at auction, by Deidre Willard (Indy's hat) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Hat Grab: Cells Take Extreme Measures to Rescue Their DNA

There’s a famous scene in an Indiana Jones movie where the hero barely makes it under a closing gate descending on him in an underground tunnel. Read More ›
Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails
Ford Model T
Photo source: William Creswell, Ford Model T Tourabout, c. 1910, via Flickr.

The Designed Body, Continued: Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails

Suppose I want to build a car that’s capable of getting me from point A to point B. It minimally takes several dozen parts. Read More ›
chilkootpass_stepsnew
Photo: Klondike prospectors, Chilkoot Pass, 1898, by Cantwell, George G. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Epigenomics “Gold Rush” Is Underway

Intelligent design can take ownership of the next level in the hierarchy of biological organization. Read More ›
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Low magnification micrograph of Sagittal section of a rat embryo displaying the progression of the brain oral cavity cardiac organ hepatic structure and small intestines alongside the spina
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In Mouse and Human Embryo Development, Critical Transition Points Beyond Neo-Darwinism

On ID the Future, CSC Senior Fellow Ann Gauger discusses a recent paper in the journal Cell. Read More ›

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