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Your Body’s Secrets, Revealed in a New Series and a Companion Book

It may seem like a morbid thought, pondering the billions of ways something in your body could “go wrong,” fatally, and then “you’re dead.” Read More ›
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Here’s the Venn Diagram from My Conversation with Denis Noble 

While preparing for the conversation, I created the diagram comparing the similarities and differences among three viewpoints. Read More ›
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Advancing Biology Through an Engineering Lens

I spoke with physicist Dr. Brian Miller about the fruitful research that can result when engineering principles are applied to the study of biological systems. Read More ›
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You’re Invited: CELS 2025 Applications Are Open!

This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›
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Emily Reeves: How to Study Biology with Systems Engineering Principles

Traditional methods in biology have proven insufficient for understanding and accurately predicting complex biological systems. Why? Read More ›
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As Science Observes, Talk of Evolution Fades

Another point worthy of note: the more sophistication that is found in biological engineering, the more scientists want to imitate it.  Read More ›
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What Lies Beyond Death? A Physicist’s Take

The very existence of life — the fact that we are here at all to the pose the question — calls for something more than physical nature. Read More ›
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Stuart Burgess Overturns the Claim that the ACL Is Poorly Designed

The explanation for ACL injuries is not poor design. Burgess noted in my interview with him that ACL tears were far less frequent in past centuries. Read More ›
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Forrest Mims on Winning the Rolex Award (And How You Can Too!)

By the early 1990s, Mims had built a reputation as one of America’s foremost citizen scientists. Read More ›
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New Research: Stuart Burgess Demonstrates the Exquisite Engineering of Human Limbs

Burgess’s research represents yet another nail in the coffin of the standard evolutionary model. Read More ›

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