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Radiolarian shells
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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Five New Biology Papers Show Cracks in Darwin’s Foundation

Are there rumblings of discontent? Is it getting safer to question the claims of conventional neo-Darwinism? Read More ›
Lenski’s terrific LTEE
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Photo: Richard Lenski’s LTEE, by Brian Baer and Neerja Hajela [CC BY-SA 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: Michael Behe on a Citrate Death Spiral

Evolution is good at creating niche advantages by breaking things; it isn’t good at building fundamentally novel forms. Read More ›
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Richard Lenski, by Zachary Blount [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons

Citrate Death Spiral

Michigan State University biologist Richard Lenski and collaborators have just published a terrific new paper. Read More ›
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New Papers Explore the Utility of Active Information

William Dembski and Robert J. Marks developed the concept of active information to measure the extent to which a search function appears pre-programmed to find some target. Read More ›
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Image credit: Caulobacter crescentus, by University of Basel, Swiss Nanoscience Institute/Biozentrum, via EurekAlert!

More Hints of Order in the Genome

Genomics has come a long way since the central dogma and junk DNA. If you expect to find reasons for things, you often do find them. Read More ›
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Helpful Devolutionary Mutations Are Rapid and Unavoidable: Paper Reinforces Darwin Devolves

There is simply no way for any unguided, unintelligent account of the unfolding of life to avoid the bane of helpful degradative mutations. Read More ›
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Episode 4 of Secrets of the Cell — Broken Wolves and other Evolutionary Conundrums

Atheist biologist Richard Dawkins and others have pointed to man’s best friend as confirmation that evolution creatively builds new species. Read More ›
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genes from scratch

Can New Genes Emerge from Scratch?

Evolutionary theory must account for millions of new genes by chance. Here are new ideas proposed for overcoming the huge probability barrier. Read More ›
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Darwin on Trial — As Fresh and Relevant as Ever

Because of Phillip Johnson’s leadership no informed person will ever again honestly say that Darwin’s theory flows straight from the data. Read More ›

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