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No. 9 Story of 2023: Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›
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The Sense of Hearing Is a Masterpiece of Engineering

It strains credulity to suppose that an unguided process of random variation sifted by natural selection could assemble such a delicately arranged system. Read More ›
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New on YouTube: Michael Behe Unravels the Mystery of Biological Information — And the Marvel of Bones

The question posed by considering evolutionary theory versus intelligent design is whether a marvel like the femur could have arisen by chance-driven processes. Read More ›
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Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 7469, by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans.

How Modern Physics Reveals Purpose in the Universe

Scientists agree that our universe is finely tuned for the existence of life. But is the fine-tuning a happy accident or the result of foresight? Read More ›
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Irreducibly Complex, Bacterial Cell Wall Manufacture Is an Evolutionary Enigma

Evolutionary processes cannot select for some future utility that is only realized after passing through a maladaptive intermediate. Read More ›
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The Origin of Life and the Wonder of Daily Existence

Sometimes, civilization’s design breaks down, and we then see how complex, interdependent, and fragile the system really is. Read More ›
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The Design of the Seminal Fluid and Sperm Capacitation

There is no cause in the universe that is known to have such a capacity of foresight other than intelligent design. Read More ›
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On the Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›
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God’s Grandeur: Some Resources to Explore

How many people are willing to give up morality, rationality, free will, truth, beauty, and goodness as valuable concepts based on reality? Read More ›
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James Tour
Image at the top: From Episode 5 of Science Uprising, “Origin of Life: Intelligence Required.”

Breakthroughs Unveil Evidence of Foresight in Nature

From an engineering standpoint, it was essential that a way be found to protect the cell, life’s most basic unit. Read More ›

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