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Conservation Laws and Life: If It Looks Designed, It Is

In the early 20th century, a remarkable discovery came to light that showed a foundational basis for the conservation laws of physics. Read More ›
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Three Replies to the “Who Designed the Designer?” Objection

Suppose scientists did formulate a viable materialistic explanation for the origin of life. Couldn’t someone ask for an account of the origin of matter itself? Read More ›
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Discovering a Design Argument Based on Biological Information

Charles Thaxton, along with Walter Bradley and Roger Olsen, wrote what arguably was the first official book of the intelligent design movement. Read More ›
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Learning about Technology, and Relationships, from Wendell Berry

Berry describes the beautiful working relationship he had with his wife, Tanya. She typed his work on a Royal standard typewriter. Read More ›
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Why Every Theory of Life’s Origin that Excludes Design Must Fail

The proposal ceases to be an inference from observations and known physics and becomes an appeal to the absurd. Read More ›
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How Much Should Students Use AI? Preferably Not at All

New York City recently announced a moratorium on AI use in K-12 classes for the 2026-2027 school year. Read More ›
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Why Life’s Origin Can Only Be Explained by Design

The reagents of the feedstock are never produced by processes as on the early Earth. Production requires substantial energy and controlled industrial procedures Read More ›
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Protocell Pretensions: The Illusion of Progress in Origin-of-Life Research

This paper contains the imaginative storytelling, speculative leaps, and inflated claims that have become staples of the origin-of-life literature. Read More ›
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Nonsense with “Nanozymes”: New Origin-of-Life Theory Fails to Impress

Yongdong Jin proposes that microscopic particles, which he terms nanozymes, orchestrated many of the major steps in the synthesis of the first cell. Read More ›
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The Delicate Balance of Dark Energy

The nature of dark energy brings to light one of the most powerful pieces of evidence for just how special our universe is to support life. Read More ›

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