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Casey Luskin
Photo: Casey Luskin in South Africa.

Casey Luskin: Why Intelligent Design Is Worth Defending

Is intelligent design true? And is it worth expending the energy to defend it against powerful opposition? Read More ›
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Photo: Plasmodium falciparum, by Lukas.S at English Wikipedia(Original text: Lukas 05:24, 5 October 2006 (UTC)), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Two Recent Papers Buttress Michael Behe’s Thesis in Darwin Devolves

Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard. Read More ›
MOLO RNA world
Image credit: Brian Gage.

New Animated Video Dismantles Origin-of-Life Hype

The origin of the first life required not merely design, but an ingenious designing intelligence far beyond that of our smartest origin-of-life researchers. Read More ›
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Engineers in the Systems Biology Revolution

Systems biology is taking the biological world by storm, an approach that treats biological systems as optimally or near-optimally engineered systems. Read More ›
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Physicist Brian Miller: Nanotech, Origin of Life, and Area 51

Dr. Miller offers an illustrative story: Imagine that what looks for all the world like an alien spaceship is discovered in the desert. Read More ›
Jeremy England
Image: Jeremy England lectures in Stockholm, via YouTube.

Unbelievable Conversation about the Origin of Life

Physicist Brian Miller and host Eric Anderson explore a recent conversation between physicists Jeremy England and Paul Davies. Read More ›
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red blood cells
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Blood Pressure — And Genuflecting to Evolution

Systems biologists assume for the sake of research that a biological system under investigation is optimally engineered. Read More ›
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Scientists Discover Nanotech for Blood Pressure

Dr. Howard Glicksman and host Eric Anderson walk through the discovery and explore how these high-tech blood pressure barometers, or “baroreceptors,” work. Read More ›
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Earth
Photo: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image (2015), by NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center / Arizona State University [Public domain].

Jay Richards Dismantles Carl Sagan’s Passive Theist

Sagan suggests that if we give up on the belief in God, then we can roll up our sleeves and save our planet. Read More ›
Carl Sagan
Image: Carl Sagan lectures to school kids, in a scene from Cosmos (screen shot).

Jay Richards: God, Carl Sagan, and Word Games

When the vast majority of people speak about God, they have in mind a powerful, conscious Creator. Sagan plays games by redefining the meaning of “God.” Read More ›

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