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How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

Explore the features of a remarkable mineral erupted from volcanoes that is found in our teeth. How did it get there? Read More ›
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Complex Specified Information in the Lowly Sponge

Sponges are outliers in biology’s big bang, the Cambrian explosion. Their embryos appear in Precambrian strata, leading some to consider them primitive. Read More ›
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Fascia, Your Body’s Fashionable “New” Organ

It’s not often that a new functional organ is found in the human body, considering that everything has been dissected and drawn for centuries. Read More ›
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Contingency Planning in the Cell Affirms Design

When sunlight is adequate, leaves are happy. On some days, though, there can be too much of a good thing. Read More ›
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Birds and Bats: How Bright Is Evolutionary Light?

The media are generous with claims that new findings “shed light” on evolution. Read More ›
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Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›
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Tendons Are Irreducibly Complex

A simple tissue we take for granted turns out to represent another example of irreducible complexity in the human body. Read More ›

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