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sockeye salmon
Photo: Sockeye salmon, by Milton Love, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Closer Look at the Science of Purpose

You cannot see what you are not looking for. You cannot find Br'er Rabbit until you look into the briar patch. Read More ›
Great Lakes
Image credit: Philroc, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Great Lakes Bill of Rights” Legislation Introduced

Based on the chat-room comments, I was viewed by the college students who watched as the skunk at the party for defending human exceptionalism. Read More ›
photosynthesis
Photo credit: Kumiko SHIMIZU, via Unsplash.

The Molecular Machine Behind Carbon Balance

Plants are icons of sustainability. They create critical products for other living organisms while utilizing waste products. Read More ›
chloroplasts
Photo: Chloroplasts, by Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Nature’s Energy Mining Relies on Molecular Design

Plants mine energy from a primary source (sun) and transform that energy into a secondary source (sugar). Read More ›
Green Energy 2
Photo credit: Seagul, via Pixabay.

Why Intelligent Design Can Help Develop Clean, Green Energy Solutions

Photosynthesis has been criticized as inefficient. Why? Because it is assumed to be the product of a mindless evolutionary process. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Photo: Kimberella, by Ghedoghedo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Conflicting Views about Kimberella’s Ecology

Based on the same fossil evidence, there is obviously much room for speculation and quite different opinions. Read More ›
Lake_Erie_Land's_End
Photo: Lake Erie, by Nicholas [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Push to Replace Earth Day with “Nature Rights”

The activists are right about one thing. Rights of nature would be far more effective in impeding development and extracting wealth from the land than the current system. Read More ›
Appalachian Mountains
Photo credit: tonyleeglenn, via Pixabay. 

Beauty as Evidence for Intelligent Design

Beauty does not come from randomness. It is beauty, not ugliness that must be explained. Read More ›

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