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For Good or Evil: The Contradictory Legacy of James D. Watson

Let’s hope that whoever writes the future history of science will, like the bidder for that Nobel medal, be merciful to him. Read More ›
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From Dead Ends to Design: Meyer and Tour on Life’s Code

“Molecules,” chemist James Tour notes, “have “no propensity… to move toward life.” Read More ›
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Photo: A planarian, by Pavel Kirillov from St.Petersburg, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

New Article Calls for a Philosophical Revolution in Biology, Placing Mind Over Matter

Biology is directed by cognition. But the authors do not attempt to explain the source of cognition or how it originated. Read More ›
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Bioelectricity Gives Biologists a Jolt

We’ve explored bioelectricity in cells. We’ve looked at it within the human body. Now, electrical engineering is being found in the realms between. Read More ›
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In Life, Not One Code but Many

It would be as ridiculous to lump all of these into a single genetic code as it would be to lump Morse Code into the genetic code. Read More ›
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Investigating the Evidence for Intelligent Design — in Biochemistry and Other Fields

Irreducible complexity and high CSI systems are found, indicating these systems were designed. Read More ›
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Eric Bapteste on External Genetic Change In “Age-Distorters”

Species are surrounded by other species (often sharing the same body), and therefore may interfere with one another’s fitness. Read More ›

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