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Walking Cells and Other Surprises Among Protists — An Evolutionary Challenge

That many show no clear phylogenetic connection with other microbes, and may contain unique morphological structures, poses a severe challenge to Darwinism. Read More ›
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The Exquisite Design of Egg Cells

Oogenesis (the process of egg cell formation) begins during embryonic development when the primordial germ cells are specified. Read More ›
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The Design of the Seminal Fluid and Sperm Capacitation

There is no cause in the universe that is known to have such a capacity of foresight other than intelligent design. Read More ›
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Grand Central Station and Beyond: Molecular Machines Visualized in 3-D

Cryo-electron microscopy is allowing cell biologists to see irreducibly complex molecular machines in three-dimensional glory. Read More ›
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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 ›
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Michael Behe and Cilia 3.0 … or, Irreducible Complexity Cubed

The once seemingly humble cilium is actually even more irreducibly complex than Dr. Behe suggested in his first book. Read More ›
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Care for Appetizers? Electric Proteins, Spidey Sense, and More

Welcome to the second day of the New Year! Like tasty sliders, these short news stories should get the juices flowing for big developments in 2020. Read More ›
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Design in the First Animals

Scientists debate whether ctenophores are the earliest animals to appear in the Cambrian explosion. If so, they arrived with multiple tissues, a nervous system, and a digestive system. Read More ›
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Sense of Smell Requires Optimized, Scalable Network Circuitry

The ability to smell is one of the most complex of our senses. It requires sorting, analyzing, and sifting a torrent of input data quickly. Read More ›
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Read Carefully, Nature News Conspires to Refute Darwinism

The kingfisher bird has to dive after fish rapidly without busting its beak. Japanese scientists looked into the physics of this, and redesigned the noses of their bullet trains. Read More ›

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