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In the Battle for Biology, Woke Folks Come for Coyne

Woke is, at bottom, a war on reality. It is a war on math. And a war on science. That includes a war on biology, of course. Read More ›
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Photo: Puget Sound from West Seattle, by David Klinghoffer.

Information, Entropy, and the First Life

Some push back with the argument that the Earth is an open system, gaining energy from the sun. Is that a workaround for a naturalistic account of life? Read More ›
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Physicist Eric Hedin on Entropy and the Origin of Life

Physics tells us pretty clearly that mindless nature degrades information; it doesn’t create it. Are there workarounds? Read More ›
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Watch: Dr. Hedin’s Dangerous Question

Eric Hedin was enjoying a productive career as a professor at Ball State University when atheist activists tried to cancel him. Read More ›
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In Our World, Multiple Levels of Intelligent Design

We find higher genres of design that cannot be explained by appealing to the actions of natural forces and laws of nature. Read More ›
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Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Read More ›
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The Story of Metals Points to Nature’s Foresight, Planning, Preparation

A confluence of conditions conspired to bring metals to Earth and make them accessible to humans. But can a Darwinian process take the credit? Read More ›
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Eric Hedin: The Miracle(s) of Metal

Humans have successfully utilized metals for millennia, and trace amounts of metals are crucial to our survival. Is that coincidence or something more? Read More ›
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Photo: Geysers of Enceladus, by NASA/JPL/SSI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Enceladus as a Habitability Test

High up on the astrobiologists’ bucket list for further exploration is a little moon of Saturn. How lively could it be at Enceladus? Read More ›
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Sleeping and Waking: A Designer’s Gift

Some scientists have posited that organisms came prepackaged to sleep, and that we only needed to evolve wakefulness. Read More ›

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