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With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that.  Read More ›
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“That Is a Lot of Evolution”: Study Finds LUCA Required 2,600 Genes

One scientist commented, “LUCA was a very complex cell, with a genome similar to modern bacteria." Read More ›
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Sense of Touch Is More Finely Tuned than We Thought

Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact. Read More ›
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Fleshing Out a Theory of Biological Design

Steve Laufmann and Michael Egnor explore these and other insights at the intersection of biology and engineering. Read More ›
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Your Intelligently Designed Body Is a System of Systems

To be alive, every cell in your body needs solutions to a complicated set of problems. Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: There’s Nothing Funny About Evolution

Is a sense of humor a byproduct, an accident, or was it installed on purpose? For better health? There definitely seems to be a purpose. Read More ›
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Why This Virus Is No Threat to Intelligent Design

A journal article suggests that an impressive instance of unguided evolution has been directly witnessed. Read More ›
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What the Darwin Lobby and the Transgender Lobby Have in Common

Some ideologies (such as Darwinism) wrap themselves in the mantle of science even though they lack — or are inconsistent with — the evidence. Read More ›
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Junk No Longer: ERVs Are “Integral” and “Important Components” of Immune Responses

It’s another example of a paper that sounds like it could have been written by a proponent of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: A coronavirus, by CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM / Public domain.

#4 Story of 2020: Evolution, Design, and COVID-19

The waves may be huge and the surface roiling, but the deeper waters continue as they always have, essentially undisturbed. Read More ›

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