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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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BioEssays Editor: “‘Junk’ DNA… Full of Information!” Including Genome-Sized “Genomic Code”

How many times have we heard it claimed that the vast majority of the human genome is “junk” and therefore could not have been designed? Read More ›
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Researchers Spot a New Code in Disordered Proteins

The scientists call heat shock proteins “nature’s ‘first responders’ to cellular stress.”  Read More ›
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In Arguments for Intelligent Design, Definitions and Assumptions Are Important

Think of a situation where you have to crack the code on a bank vault, with many dials in the code, say 150, each specifying 1 out of 10 digits. Read More ›
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Melissa Cain Travis Introduces the “Maker Thesis”

Science reveals a transcendent mind, and mind enables science.  Read More ›
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Princeton Researchers Watch “Junk DNA” at Work

In “real time” they show the function of an enhancer in switching a gene from off to on. Read More ›
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As Research Advances, Debunking “Junk DNA” Is Almost Trendy

Why not treat the whole genome as functional? This is a radical concept, but perhaps the focus on genes distorts our understanding.  Read More ›
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Nathan Lents: Science with the Parking Brake On 

In his new book, Lents has taken intelligent design theory to task. He is right to do so. How? Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and “Nonfunctional” Pseudogenes

Venema cites the vitellogenin pseudogene as supposedly demonstrating common ancestry between humans and birds, such as chickens. Read More ›
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Photo: Günter Bechly in a scene from the documentary Revolutionary, via Discovery Institute.

In 2018, Please Help Us Take Intelligent Design to the World!

The story of paleontologist Günter Bechly in Germany demonstrates the power of ID to find its way everywhere and change minds and hearts. Read More ›

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