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Image credit: Illustra Media.

Molecular Machine Safari

Take a tour of molecular machines working in the cell and see what new things scientists have found out about them. Read More ›
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Radiolarian shells
Image: Radiolarian shells, by Ernst Haeckel / Public domain.

Excerpt — The Infinite Complexity of Cells

The unique powers of cells — their “demonic catalytic powers” — and their fitness to play their unique role as the building blocks of all life are a wonder. Read More ›
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Allostery: How Cells Do Remote Control

Cells have perfected action at a distance: not by magic, but by control of distant sites through carefully arranged functional intermediates. Read More ›
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Journal Prints “Intelligent Design”! But…

The phrase “intelligent design” is almost verboten in today’s science journals. Watch how an evolutionist got away with it — with the journal’s blessing. Read More ›
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The Ultimate Recycler

Right now, within your bodies this little engine is cranking away. Without this machine, oxygen-dependent life could not exist. Read More ›
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Whales, Bees, and Viruses: Intelligent Design from Biggest to Smallest 

What’s bigger than a blue whale? Smaller than a virus? At the extremes and everywhere in between, life shows ingenious design. Read More ›
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The Hidden City

Picture a hidden city, that though it cannot be seen, is everywhere. Sound crazy? It’s real. Read More ›
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Foresight in Single Cells

There are things going on in cells that make sense only if a designing intelligence saw a need and planned for it in advance. Read More ›
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Photo: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, by Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

As Predicted by Intelligent Design, “Junk” Introns Are Actually Functional

ID proponents have long predicted that functions would be uncovered for such non-coding DNA. Read More ›
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Image: NPCs (nuclear pore complex), from Origin: Design, Chance and the First Life on Earth, courtesy of Illustra Media.

How the Nucleus Guards Its Gates

Details of the nuclear pore complex, one of the largest and most complex protein systems in the cell, come into sharper focus as a team watches how it validates a messenger RNA. Read More ›

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