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Trillions of Cicadas Sing of Intelligent Design

Eastern U.S. states will see a natural phenomenon that hasn’t occurred for many years: the coordinated emergence of two broods of noisy cicadas. Read More ›
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Image credit: NASA/Michael Lentz.

A Portal to the Heavens: Preparing for the Solar Eclipse

While this is not a science experiment per se, be sure to talk with people soon after totality and note commonalities in what you hear. Read More ›
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Handling Water Like Nature Does — By Intelligent Design

Here in the Pacific Northwest we are heading into a possibly historic heatwave. Water is on everyone's mind. Nature beautifully anticipated our needs. Read More ›
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Optimized Insect Designs — via Evolution?

Cicadas and dragonflies use an exquisitely engineered “bed of nails” on their wings to disarm and neutralize bacteria. Read More ›
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Intricate, Optimized Designs in Insects Beg a Question

The ingenious inventions found in insects summon us to ask: How did these small organisms get them? Read More ›
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Photo: A leafhopper (Alnetoidia alneti), by S. Rae [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

In Bio-Inspired Engineering, De Facto Design Science Flourishes

Researchers may not call it ID, but what else do you call admiration for natural engineering that inspires attempts to imitate it? Read More ›
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I Witnessed the Perfect Solar Eclipse in Missouri. Amazing!

For those for short moments of totality, sun and moon fit hand and glove. Like a key and its lock. Read More ›

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