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Surprises in Cell Codes Reveal Information Goes Far Beyond DNA

Information is the stuff of life. Not limited to DNA, information is found in most biomolecules in living cells. Read More ›
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Mystery of Life’s Origin — Intelligent Design’s Original Edition, Greatly Expanded, on Sale Now!

How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›
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BioLogos and the Search for Truth

Exactly how have the viewpoints at BioLogos been amended? Like a summer’s day in Seattle, it’s a bit cloudy — at least on the most interesting points. Read More ›
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In Just Eight Minutes, New Video Punctures Evolution’s Circular “Homology” Argument

The video was developed in an ingenious way by its creator, writer, and animator. And who is that? I can’t share that information with you. Read More ›
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Reflections on Our Ancient Past

I bring this up because some have claimed that I advocate a sole genetic progenitorship model for the first couple. Read More ›
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DNA of Things: Embedding Machines with Replication Data

In 1901, divers brought up from an ancient shipwreck the first part of the Antikythera mechanism made by Greek inventors. Read More ›
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Nature Reviews Genetics — Pseudogene Function Is “Prematurely Dismissed”

As Seth W. Cheetham and his co-authors put it, biology suffers from “demotivation into exploring pseudogene function by the a priori assumption that they are functionless.” Read More ›
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Meyer on “Nested Coding”: Another Successful Design Prediction

Overlapping genes, or “nested coding,” was anticipated by microbiologist Siegfried Scherer. Read More ›
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Jonathan Wells Was Right: Non-coding DNA Continues to Show Function

Design predictions rise as evolutionary assumptions fall. The junk DNA myth is, for all practical purposes, falsified. 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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