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Photo credit: Daniel Sturgess via Unsplash.

Design Gets Down and Dirty — Complex Specified Information in Electric Mud

Bacteria that conduct electricity with cables may be involved in everything from cleansing the oceans and enriching the soil to guarding our own teeth. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Alfred T. Palmer / Public domain.

For a Technological Civilization, We Must Have Metals

It is very doubtful that any beings in the universe could develop a civilization remotely comparable with our own without the use of metals. Read More ›
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Image: Water wire, by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, via Poul Petersen, Cornell University/EurekAlert!

Biophysicists Find Water Wires Are Biological Information Channels

Do the authors of the study think this is intelligently designed? They almost say so. Read More ›
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Photo: Hydrothermal vents, where some theories hypothesize that life originated, by NOAA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

On the Origin of Life, Here Is My Response to Jeremy England

The most promising candidate for a “natural engine” is proton flows across thermal vents that theoretically could generate high-energy molecules. Read More ›
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Care for Appetizers? Electric Proteins, Spidey Sense, and More

Welcome to the second day of the New Year! Like tasty sliders, these short news stories should get the juices flowing for big developments in 2020. Read More ›
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Photo credit: University of Texas at San Antonio, via EurekAlert!

Welcome to the Electric Cell

Chemical signaling in the cell is fairly well known, but what about electrical signaling? Is a cell wired like an electrical network? Read More ›
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Photo: Ganges River, by Aleksandr Zykov, via Flickr.

“River Rights” Would Impede Human Thriving

If the current trend continues, “river rights” will exert a tremendously destructive force. Read More ›
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Photo source: From "The War on Humans," via Discovery Institute.

Environmentalism’s Worsening Anti-Human Infection

Bioethicist Travis Rieder compares having a child to releasing a murderer from prison to kill again. Read More ›

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