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Is the Cell a Machine, or More Like a Mind? 

At least as we’re accustomed to thinking in our age of AI, the alternative to a machine is a mind. Read More ›
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Quiz: Is This a Prediction from the Tree of Life?

Conservation of function, but not genes, can be understood with an analogy to natural language. Consider two sentences. Read More ›
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Something Is Missing from the Materialist Framework

Scientists have learned over the centuries that when a fundamental theoretical impasse is encountered, we do not blame nature. Read More ›
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Physics, Information Loss, and Intelligent Design

Imagine a system where heat flows from a hot region to a cold region under the constraint of the traditional second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›
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Replacing Chemistry with Purpose

The core argument of neo-Darwinism is, simply, that evolution, and life on Earth, are the result of random, aka, purposeless chemical reactions. Read More ›
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Why Knockouts and Deletions Are Insufficient for Inferring Function — The Mystery of Cell “Vaults” 

The other day, UPS brought me a copy of Larry Moran’s new book. Moran is a well-known opponent of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Natural Engineering in the Lifestyle of Honey Bees

We had no idea, but apparently a swarm of bees in May on an easily accessible branch is something to get excited about! Read More ›
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Model Cell Visualized as a Compact Factory

Capturing the interior parts of a cell in their complex relationships took a lot of work, but some researchers have set a new high bar for biophysical imaging. Read More ›
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Peer-Reviewed Paper Answers Claims of “Bad Design” of the Human Foot/Ankle

Many who have studied the foot recognized its “excellent design." Leonardo da Vinci called the human foot “a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” Read More ›
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More Jobs for “Junk” DNA (Cont.)

If “junk” DNA goes toxic, does that suggest it had an original normal function? See the conclusion of this new paper. Read More ›

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