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Image source: Illustra Media, Origin: Design, Chance, and the First Life on Earth.

Cell Membranes: Dynamic, Communicating, Designed

Simple bilayers of lipids? No! Cell membranes have come into their own as masterful players in numerous cellular functions. Read More ›
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Photo: A manta ray, by kevskoot, via Piaxabay.

Undeniable Intuitions and Unbelievable Coincidences

Any appeal to accidental processes to accomplish an unbelievable coincidence is really just an appeal to unbelievable coincidence. Read More ›
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New Geochemical Discoveries Reaffirm Earth as a Privileged Planet

Remember CHONPS — the acronym you learned in high school to remember the elements most important for life? Read More ›
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Sean McDowell: As an Introduction to Intelligent Design, Heretic Is a Top Pick

It’s surprising to reflect that no scientist up till now had fully shared his own experience in rethinking Darwinism. Read More ›
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How Biochemist Matti Leisola’s Lab Experience Persuaded Him of Intelligent Design

Leisola describes a humble example — the enzymes in washing powder we use in the laundry, with the ability to degrade proteins. Read More ›
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Evolution a Creative Trickster? Heretic Bioengineer Says No

Many of the oft-cited examples of evolution in action involve devolution. Read More ›
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Photo: E. coli bacteria, by NIAID [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Darwinism Can’t Accomplish Innovation or Explain Origins

When one wants to modify an enzyme for a new function, as Matti Leisola explains in his new book, there are two ways to go about it. Read More ›
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The Scientist Who Shouldn’t Exist — New Book by Matti Leisola, Jonathan Witt 

"What happens when an up-and-coming European bioscientist flips from Darwin disciple to Darwin defector?" Read More ›
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Photo: Library shelves after an earthquake, by San José Public Library, via Flickr.

The Origin of Life: Correcting Common Mistakes on Thermodynamics

The driving tendencies in nature on the early Earth would have been analogous to seismic tremors rearranging the books in the library. Read More ›

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