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Engineering Places Constraints on Cell Size that Evolution Cannot Explain

Cells reach a Goldilocks size for their needs. Evolutionists are at a loss to say how cells hit the sweet spot for smooth functioning. Read More ›
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CSC Science Team Asks: What Should We Expect to Find in Nature?

The junk DNA paradigm shift is a good example of how an intelligent design framework can serve as a productive guide to scientific research.  Read More ›
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Casey Luskin: A Chasm Between Paradigms

To speak of a “paradigm shift” on Junk DNA is another way of saying that the debate is over and ID won. Read More ›
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Testing the Creativity of Randomness

The evolutionary part of this paper relies on wishful thinking. What “could” or “might” happen occurs only in their evolutionary imaginations. Read More ›
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Evolution of Biological Information: HIV Evolution

What Christoph Adami’s results actually show is that when HIV is subjected to the protease inhibitors, the sequence variability increases. Read More ›
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Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Read More ›
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Evolution of Biological Information: Maxwell’s Demon

Maxwell’s demon is a hypothetical entity that can increase the energy in a compartment by choosing to admit or exclude incoming particles based on speed. Read More ›
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DNA and Beyond: A Multilayered Revolution

Because we are dealing with foundational scientific discoveries, we will address several “So what?” questions. Read More ›
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“SpudCell”: More Evidence that Origin of Life Requires Intelligent Design

This is most curious. SpudCell’s creators are boasting that it has “a much smaller genome” than any other known living cell. Read More ›
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Crowdsourcing DNA: Sophisticated Biological Information Processing

To adapt the words of Theodosius Dobzhansky, I’m persuaded that nothing in biology makes sense except in light of intelligent design. Read More ›

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