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A close-up of a purple water droplet creating a splash in a shallow pool of purple liquid. The background is blurred, emphasizing the droplet's shape and color.

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A. N. Whitehead, active matter, agency, biomolecular condensates, biosphere, cellular biology, central dogma, cytoplasm, DNA, droplets, function, goal-directedness, Life Itself, liquid-liquid phase separations, machines, mechanism, membrane-less organelles, molecular agency, molecular biology, organelles, proteins, rigidity, RNA, science of purpose, scientific materialism, self-organization, soft matter, specified irreducible complexity, structure-function relationship, Stuart Kauffman, telos, Thomistic-Aristotelian ontology}

Studies on Active Matter: Potency into Act

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Amorphous and dynamic as they are, the LLPS droplets support numerous crucial cellular functions, devoid of a permanent scaffolding structure. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, biologists, Carl Jung, Casey Luskin, Christianity, clergy, disclosure, Disclosure Day, DNA, extraterrestrials, Flying Saucers (book), Francis Collins, government, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, Michael Denton, molecular machines, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York Times, pastors, planets, religious beliefs, Richard Dawkins, social media, spiritual beings, Steven Spielberg, theaters, Townhall, UFOs, universe}

Luskin: Alien Life Would Challenge Evolution, Not Religion

_{David Klinghoffer
May 10, 2026

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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A theme in social media chatter has been that the disclosure will challenge religious beliefs, and that it may be a “psyop” directed against Christian faith. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 7, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, aliens, astrophysicists, blueprint, cosmic design, cosmos, creation, disclosure, DNA, environment, evolution, extraterrestrials, fine-tuning, fire, fitness, Homo sapiens, humanoids, humans, intelligent design, jellyfish, life-forms, media, metallurgy, Michael Denton, nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York Times, physiology, planets, predictions, privilege, reality, scientific atheists, technology, termites, The Miracle of Man, UFOs, universe, vertebrates}

What Would Aliens, if They Exist, Look Like? Like Us, or Like Jellyfish?

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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According to celebrity scientific atheist Neil deGrass Tyson, ETs would look nothing like us, because there is no reason they would. Read More ›

Sanger Sequencing. 3D illustration of a method of DNA sequencing.

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alternative reading frames, coding-sequence overlaps, codon-anticodon duplex formation, codons, constraints, DNA, fine-tuning, frameshifts, frozen accident, genetic code, Genome Research, hydrogen bond, hydrophobicity, mistranslation, nucleosomes, point mutations, protein sequences, purine, pyrimidines, random codes, RNA, specificity, splicing signals, translation, translation errors, tRNA, wobble position}

The Genetic Code: Two More Levels of Optimization

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 6, 2026

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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We have surveyed multiple levels at which the genetic code, far from a “frozen accident,” appears highly optimized across multiple independent constraints. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
April 30, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotle, automobiles, beauty, biology, Cambrian Explosion, Darwinian theory, DNA, documentary, double helix, embryonic development, fossil record, Francis Crick, gibberish, gratuitous beauty, human beings, information, intelligent design, intention, living cell, Michael Behe, mind, mutations, peacock, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, scholarship, science, skyscrapers, smartphones, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, undirected processes}

The Story to Which Biology, Considered Honestly, Must Lead

_{Walter Myers III
April 30, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps the most arresting challenge to the materialist account of life is one that cannot be quantified at all. Read More ›

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Author
Scott Powell

Date
April 22, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, astronomy, biology, Charles Darwin, Cicero, computer code, cosmology, creator, digital symbols, discovery, DNA, fine-tuning, Florence, galactic habitable zone, Galileo Galilei, history, intelligence, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Karl Marx, living cell, Medicis, mind, Nicolaus Copernicus, Periclean Athens, physics, programmer, progress, Robert Boyle, self-destruction, The Story of Everything, theism, Thomas Huxley, war, William Shakespeare, written language}

In the Sweep of History, Two Great Competing Stories

_{Scott Powell
April 22, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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We are on the threshold of greater discovery and flourishing than ever because of a quiet, but growing reconciliation between trust in science and trust in God. Read More ›

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Author
George Montañez

Date
April 21, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, amnesia, Arrival (movie), Big Bang, biology, Brian Keating, carbon resonance, Christians, creator, DNA, double helix, ecology, films, fingerprints, Fred Hoyle, Georges Lemaître, Getty Images, H.L. Mencken, history of science, Interstellar (movie), James Tour, Jay Richards, john lennox, kairos, Lawrence Krauss, Luke Barnes, multiverse, physics, Richard Dawkins, scientific discoveries, Seven Samurai, Stephen Meyer, The Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride, The Story of Everything, theaters, theists, Timothy McGrew, universe, Young Earth Creationists}

The Story of Everything…or of Nothing?

_{George Montañez
April 21, 2026

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physics

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The movie is respectful in how it addresses questions. It doesn’t preach. But it challenges perspectives at the heart of who we are. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 17, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Africa, bioRxiv, Broad Institute, David Reich, Denisovans, DNA, DNA segments, Europe, geneticists, genetics, Germany, Gran Dolina, Harvard University Press, Homo antecessor, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, humans, hybrids, interbreeding, Levallois tools, Michael Marshall, Middle East, mitochondrial DNA, Morocco, Neanderthals, New Scientist, ochre, Spain, stone tools, Y chromosome}

Harvard Geneticist Proposes Neanderthals Are Descended from Humans

_{Casey Luskin
April 17, 2026

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Humans and Neanderthals are so similar that Neanderthals provide no evidence we are closely related to some type of primitive non-human. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 17, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Science Reporting
Tagged
, atheists, beauty, Bethel McGrew, Big Bang, Charles Murray, Christianity, churches, complexity, cosmos, DNA, documentary, evolution, fine-tuning, Hoover Institution, Joan Didion, life, material processes, materialism, New York Times, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific discoveries, secularization, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, stories, Taking Religion Seriously, The Story of Everything, The White Album, Uncommon Knowledge, Wall Street Journal}

A Big Deal: In Wall Street Journal, Peter Robinson Welcomes Story of Everything

_{David Klinghoffer
April 17, 2026

Faith & Science, Science Reporting

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My colleague asked, “Has that happened before?” Not that I recall. Is something changing? Perhaps. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
April 16, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alien intelligence, alphabetic letters, amino acids, coded instructions, Contact (movie), DNA, Ellie Arroway, evolution, extraterrestrial life, Francis Crick, information, information enigma, intelligent agent, intelligent design, James Tour, James Watson, material universe, molecular biology, molecules, prime numbers, protein synthesis, scientific community, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything}

The Living Nano-Factory: Darwinists Ignore the Ultimate Information Enigma

_{Terrell Clemmons
April 16, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Information and orderly processes don’t happen by accident any more than a factory production line organizes itself out of unassembled constituent parts. Read More ›