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Evolutionary Obstacles to the Origin of Introns

The only type of explanation that adequately accounts for this type of phenomenon is a goal-directed, or intelligent, cause. Read More ›
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A Diffident Revolutionary

In a meeting with colleagues at Discovery Institute in 2024, Richard Sternberg was sketching his thoughts on a whiteboard. Read More ›
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Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a Scientific Hypothesis

"The idea that the universe was actually created by a supernatural intelligence is a dramatic, important idea." Read More ›
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What’s the Best Explanation for Human-Chimp Genetic Differences? 

We have broken a major story about a recently published study showing that the human and chimp genomes are 14.0 percent to 14.9 percent different. Read More ›
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Rutgers Biologist Dan Stern Cardinale Calls Professor Michael Behe a Liar, Liar, Liar!

Ah, Dr. Dan is back. And you know that when someone goes for the all caps option, he’s really serious.  Read More ›
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Plato’s Revenge: Mathematical Biologist Richard Sternberg Foresaw Major Developments in Biology

A new book traces the ideas of Dr. Sternberg, who offers rigorous scientific evidence that the true control center of life lies outside DNA. Read More ›
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Nobelist Thomas Cech on “Junk RNA” 

We can add this prominent biochemist to the ever-growing list of scientists who reject the “junk DNA” paradigm. Or, more pertinently, the junk RNA paradigm. Read More ›
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In Search of Nature’s Hidden Design Treasures

Most people are familiar with George Washington Carver and his discoveries of multiple uses for the peanut. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin: Intelligent Design, Islamic Edition

Much of the focus is on the “junk DNA” argument against ID, but stay tuned for the amusing case of Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale and the feathered crocodile. Read More ›
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Michael Kent: “12 Discoveries That Have Changed the Debate about Design” 

Michael Kent is a Fellow with the Center for Science and Culture and a recently retired bio-scientist from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. Read More ›

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