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Epigenome Is Biology’s Second Revolution

Thomas Woodward compares the epigenetic system to a supercomputer where information is written everywhere — on the hardware, the screen, and even the keys. Read More ›
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Weighing Whether Matter Itself Is Conscious

To say that consciousness is real is to say that the immaterial world is, in principle, real. Read More ›
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Paper Digest: Standard Engineering Principles as a Predictive Framework for Biology

Human designing and building have resulted in lists of standard engineering principles which must be followed to produce efficient, robust systems. Read More ›
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Paper Digest: A Robot Is Built Using Cockroach Biomimicry

The understanding of what it takes to build complex systems sheds light on the causal hurdles that would be necessary for evolutionary processes to overcome. Read More ›
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Photo: Thalassiosira pseudonana, by Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Diatoms and the Mystery of Morphogenesis

From code to art: how does a linear set of instructions result in a beautifully crafted pattern? Diatoms do it, and scientists are struggling to figure out how. Read More ›
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Navigation Ability Crosses Phylum Lines — And That’s a Problem for Evolution

Yes, that is kind of adorable. It took only a few days for the fish to learn to drive. Read More ›
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Computer Software Sheds Light on Human and Chimp DNA Similarity

Recently I had the opportunity to hear Discovery Institute’s Stephen Meyer provide an update on the progress and current state of the theory of intelligent design. Read More ›

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