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Irreducible Complexity

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Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes? Read More ›
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Irreducible Complexity Nested Within Irreducible Complexity: The Case of Chromosome Condensation

It is highly implausible that such a wonder of engineering arose by means of an unguided evolutionary process. Read More ›
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Richard Sternberg on the Information Beyond the Genome

There’s “something phenomenal” going on inside the cell, says Dr. Sternberg. Probing and elucidating this mystery has been a focus of his research. Read More ›
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The Metaphysics of Irreducible Complexity

The vastness of life’s complexity is no longer unfathomable when seen through the light of purpose. Read More ›
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Why Cell Division Challenges Darwinism

The eukaryotic cell cycle is just one of the many biological systems and processes that could not have arisen by numerous, successive, slight modifications. Read More ›
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Engineered Elegance: Checkpoint Pathways of the Cell Cycle

One of the most incredible features of cellular life is the capability of self-replication. Read More ›
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Hello, Stuart Kauffman

Kauffman is one of the more interesting participants in the debates about the nature of life. Read More ›
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How Motor Proteins Power Eukaryotic Cell Division

Could the components of the eukaryotic cell division process have arisen through a gradual, unguided process? Read More ›
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Intelligent Design in the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

An inspection of the components and processes in eukaryotic cell division demonstrates just one of many such systems that Invalidate Mr. Darwin’s theory. Read More ›
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Sorry, Dr. Coyne: There Is No Religion-Science Conflict

I dare say that Michael Behe has had a far greater influence on the field of evolutionary biology than Jerry Coyne has. Read More ›

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