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Teen Caucasian boy smiling with braces and wearing tuxedo for high school prom

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 11, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, annotation, automated sequence annotation programs, bachelors, biologists, biology, common descent, conservation, evolution, evolutionary conservation, functional status, gymnasium, intelligent design, John Mattick, Nature (journal), neologisms, open reading frame, peptide, phone number, protein, shared inter-taxon similarity}

“Peptideins”? Give Those Shorties Another Look

_{Paul Nelson
May 11, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Picture short, lonely bachelors in rented formal wear, leaning on the wall, nervously checking their watches at the annotation dance. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, biologists, Carl Jung, Casey Luskin, Christianity, clergy, disclosure, Disclosure Day, DNA, extraterrestrials, Flying Saucers (book), Francis Collins, government, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, Michael Denton, molecular machines, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York Times, pastors, planets, religious beliefs, Richard Dawkins, social media, spiritual beings, Steven Spielberg, theaters, Townhall, UFOs, universe}

Luskin: Alien Life Would Challenge Evolution, Not Religion

_{David Klinghoffer
May 10, 2026

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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A theme in social media chatter has been that the disclosure will challenge religious beliefs, and that it may be a “psyop” directed against Christian faith. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 9, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, animations, Bayesian reasoning, beauty, cabin, cosmos, errors, evidence, forest, genetic code, intelligent design, intentional design, logic of surprise, mathematics, matter, mind, order, Return of the God Hypothesis, software, The Story of Everything, universe, woods}

Using the Logic of Surprise to Infer Cosmic Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 9, 2026

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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On a hike, you stumble upon a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods. When you walk in, you notice a steaming cup of tea sitting on the table. Read More ›

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Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, big screen, conversation, culture, faith and science, family, friends, intelligent design, media, Return of the God Hypothesis, social media, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theaters}

Thank You from Meyer and Richards for All You’ve Done to Launch The Story of Everything

_{Science & Culture
May 8, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It’s a beautiful, thought-provoking experience that was made for the big screen. Consider posting about it on social media. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 7, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, aliens, astrophysicists, blueprint, cosmic design, cosmos, creation, disclosure, DNA, environment, evolution, extraterrestrials, fine-tuning, fire, fitness, Homo sapiens, humanoids, humans, intelligent design, jellyfish, life-forms, media, metallurgy, Michael Denton, nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York Times, physiology, planets, predictions, privilege, reality, scientific atheists, technology, termites, The Miracle of Man, UFOs, universe, vertebrates}

What Would Aliens, if They Exist, Look Like? Like Us, or Like Jellyfish?

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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According to celebrity scientific atheist Neil deGrass Tyson, ETs would look nothing like us, because there is no reason they would. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 7, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Artem Novozhilov, codon mapping, codons, combinatorial space, conscious intent, Eugene Koonin, evolution, fine-tuning, frozen accident, genetic code, intelligent creator, intelligent design, natural selection, optimality, prebiotic selection, proteins, standard code, trial and error, tRNAs}

The Combinatorial Abyss: Why the Genetic Code Defies Chance

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 7, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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It is highly improbable that the genetic code could have evolved by gradual trial and error. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, allele sharing, butterflies, Chetone moth, common ancestry, common design, convergent evolution, deduction, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary tree, explanatory power, genes, genetic switches, genetic traits, Heliconius numata, inference, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Lepidoptera, Life’s Solution, moths, mutations, natural selection, paradigm, PLOS Biology, Richard Dawkins, Science Daily, Simon Conway Morris, technology, The Blind Watchmaker}

Extraordinary Genetic Convergent Evolution in Moths and Butterflies

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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The practice of re-usage of functional parts in different systems is “ubiquitous” in human-designed technology just as convergence is “ubiquitous” in biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Bible, Biblical historicity, David Berlinski, faith and science, intelligent design, Maimonides, Nachmanides, PragerU, rabbis, religious belief, scientific reasoning, Scripture, simulation theory, sleep, slumber, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, Theological (podcast), theology of nature}

Meyer, Kestenbaum: An Interfaith Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2026

Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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At one point, Shabbos Kestenbaum recounts an observation about personalities in the Bible who fall asleep and wake up. Read More ›

Male construction road worker holding a stop sign and directing traffic on the street. Traffic management

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 5, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alternative codes, amino acids, aspartic acid, biology, codon family, codons, deletions, frameshift, frameshift mutations, genetic code, genetics, glutamic acid, indels, insertions, intelligent design, mapping system, nucleotides, optimization, parameters, stop codons, translation, triplets}

Stop Signals in Disguise: How the Genetic Code Guards Against Frameshifts

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 5, 2026

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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A frameshift mutation occurs as the result of indels (insertions or deletions) of a number of nucleotides that is non-divisible by three. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 4, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, big screen, creation, faith and science, intelligent design, irony, physicists, PragerU, quantum cosmology, Shabbos Kestenbaum, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, streaming, The Story of Everything, theaters, transcendent mind}

Incoming Irony: Hawking’s “Own Work Pointed to Need for a Transcendent Mind”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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“Hawking’s own work in every way pointed to a creation event, and he spent a lot of the rest of his life trying to find a way around that." Read More ›