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Grand Central Station
Photo: Grand Central Station, by Sracer357, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Grand Central Station and Beyond: Molecular Machines Visualized in 3-D

Cryo-electron microscopy is allowing cell biologists to see irreducibly complex molecular machines in three-dimensional glory. Read More ›
harvester ants
Photo credit: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Irreducible Complexity in Ant Behavior Triggers a Recognition of Intelligent Design

Recent research draws an unapologetic parallel between human engineering and biological systems. Read More ›
Harvester_ant_hole
Photo: Harvester ants at the entrance to their nest, via Wikimedia Commons.

To Regulate Foraging, Harvester Ants Use a (Designed) Feedback Control Algorithm

These elements of harvester ant behavior present a severe challenge for the evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›
DNA

Paper by Biologist Antony Jose Seeks to Understand Heritability Beyond DNA

Fierce debates have occurred among intelligent design theorists — mostly behind the scenes — about the causal role of DNA. Read More ›
Tour Lab 2

It’s the Severity or the Nature of the Mystery of Life’s Origin that Is Unacknowledged

Matthew Herron tweets, “Tell me more about this unacknowledged mystery!” and offers cases where scientists seemingly admitted the mystery of OOL. Read More ›
Tour Lab 2

It’s the Severity or the Nature of the Mystery of Life’s Origin that Is Unacknowledged

Matthew Herron tweets, “Tell me more about this unacknowledged mystery!” and offers cases where scientists seemingly admitted the mystery of OOL. Read More ›
Blue Wildebeest
Photo: Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), by Muhammad Mahdi Karim [GFDL 1.2], from Wikimedia Commons.

Ants, Wildebeest, Penguins, and More: A Zoo of Animal Designs

Don’t kick sand in the face of a wildebeest by joking that it looks like it was made by a committee. It might flex its muscles and charge. Read More ›

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