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Without Hemoglobin, How Do Icefish Survive the Cold? By Design

Icefish, aka the family Channichthydiae, survive at 0oC in the Southern Ocean by maintaining blood viscosity at the set point of 3.27 centipoise. Read More ›
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surgery
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Are Transplant Doctors Causing Brain Death?

A new and highly problematic means of obtaining organs is pushing the boundaries of the “dead donor rule." Read More ›
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Michael Denton Explains the Miracle of Your Heart

There is more that most people – probably most scientists – have never even considered, and that seals the case for the heart’s intelligent design. Read More ›
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The Difference Between Humans and Machines

Why do news headlines continually suggest that AI is practically human already, and soon will become fully human? Read More ›
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Cilium and Intraflagellar Transport: More Irreducibly Complex than Ever

Another of Michael Behe’s molecular machines gets an update. The details are even more fascinating than originally described. Read More ›
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Are Human Brain Transplants Even Possible?

I believe the intelligent design perspective may offer insight into the peculiar inability of central nervous system tissue to regenerate. Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: Till Death Do Us Part

When I was in charge of the Emergency Room at Los Angeles County Hospital, I saw many instances of near-death trauma, yet there was little complaint about pain. Read More ›
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fish oil capsules
Photo: Fish oil capsules, by Marco Almbauer / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Famed Biologist Jørn Dyerberg Explains His Turn to Intelligent Design

If, like me, you’ve got a bottle of fish oil capsules in your refrigerator as a health supplement, you can thank Dr. Dyerberg. Read More ›

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