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Kinesins: Nanoscale Molecular Motors, Each Built for a Purpose

We have only skimmed the surface over the past four decades since the first kinesin motor was discovered in 1985. Read More ›
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Challenges to the Evolutionary Origins of the Glycolytic Pathway

The complexity and engineering sophistication comport much better with the hypothesis of design. Read More ›
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Review Article Explores Design Patterns in Biological Cells

Living cells are strong candidates for being seen as aspects of the natural world resulting from design by an intelligent agent. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer’s Extensive Treatment of Evo-Devo 

"On arriving at Caltech in 1971, Eric Davidson chose the purple sea urchin as his experimental model system." Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: A Truly Fantastic Voyage!

The old movie mostly dealt with the brain, lung, heart, blood vessels (all at the tissue level) and a few scattered cells. Read More ›
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Video: Life Can’t Exist Without Repair Mechanisms, and That’s a Problem for Origin-of-Life Theories

Following the replication of DNA, a daily barrage of DNA damage occurs during normal operating conditions. Read More ›
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Let There Be Bioluminescence

Biological light switched on in the Cambrian — for what reason, evolutionists are not sure. It just happened, like all the other natural miracles. Read More ›
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From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

Scott Buchanan's review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview. Read More ›
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Metals and Life — A Balancing Act

The complementary interaction between metals and life provides yet another example of our existence relying upon multiple levels of design. Read More ›
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From the “Junk DNA” Files: Can “Degraded” LINE Elements Still Be Functional?

On May 2, Casey Luskin had an online debate with Professor Daniel Stern Cardinale, an evolutionary biologist at Rutgers University. Read More ›

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