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Photo: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (NOT a naïve theologian), via Wikimedia Commons.

Adam and the Genome and Naïve Theology

It’s ironic to find Dietrich Bonhoeffer cited by Dennis Venema. Read More ›
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Photo: Michael Yarus, by Emily Krauter via University of Colorado, Boulder.

Adam and the Genome and the Evolution of the Genetic Code

Dennis Venema's arguments about Michael Yarus’s work were already addressed in detail by Meyer and Nelson in a technical paper. Read More ›
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Image: Condensin goes to work, by Delft University of Technology, screen shot via YouTube.

DNA as Architect as Well as Librarian: Structural Functions of the Double Helix

Early geneticists missed a lot when they looked at DNA only for its coding function. Read More ›
Fireworks over Seattle
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Photo credit: Shannon Kringen from Seattle [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design and the Evolution Debate in 2017 — The Year at a Glance

One theme of 2017 was the internationalization of ID. Meanwhile we are colonizing the mainstream media, which, revile us as they may, can’t seem to leave us alone. Read More ›
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origin of life
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The Origin of Life: The Information Challenge

Today I will identify the fundamentally different approaches by ID advocates and critics toward assessing evidence. Read More ›
Golden Record

If No One Can Play It, Is It Music?

Archiving music in DNA for future generations sounds promising, as long as the playback directions are not forgotten. Read More ›
Blue Ice, South Greenland
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Photo credit: Visit Greenland from Nuuk, Greenland (Blue ice in South Greenland) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Tornadoes, Ice, and Cells: The Challenge from Thermodynamics to Origin-of-Life Scenarios

This is a subject on which materialists are largely silent, and with good reason. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Jean Beaufort, via PublicDomainPictures.net.

The Origin of Life, Self-Organization, and Information

In an article here yesterday, I described the thermodynamic challenges to any purely materialistic theory for the origin of life. Read More ›
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genetic codes
Photo: DNA represented in maize, by Jason Wallace (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Variant Genetic Codes — Another Reason Biologists Are Thinking Twice

I wish our Christian readers a wonderful Easter. For your enjoyment: our colleagues Brian Miller and Paul Nelson had a fascinating conversation. Read More ›

The Placenta Problem: How Common Descent Fails

Philosopher Vincent Torley (and Professor Josh Swamidass) have been trying to persuade me that common descent is the only rational view to affirm. Read More ›

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