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biosphere
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Astrobiologists Offer an “Information-Based View of the Biosphere”

Even if their estimates need to be revised by a terabase or two someday, they have made it clear that our biosphere is awash in information. Read More ›
airport security
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Secrets of Active Transport Become Visible

TSA workers at airports could never boast of this much quality control in their authentication protocols. Read More ›
bacteria
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Orgelian Specified Complexity

I have presented Orgel’s account of specified complexity so readers can decide which they prefer, Orgel’s or the one described in this series. Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
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What Is the Essence of Life? 

The strength of the intelligent design explanation for life lies in its full-orbed ability to address all aspects of life. Read More ›
Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Mr._N
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Were Neanderthals Religious?

We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing. Read More ›
multiverse
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From Astrophysicist Paul Sutter — Multiverse Madness!

I’ve argued that “multiverse thinking” destroys scientific logic. My argument involves a hypothetical “cancer cluster” in a town with a chemical plant. Read More ›
Bijan Nemati
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Dallas Conference: Earth’s Outstanding Fitness for Life, and Its Implication for Intelligent Design

We can now begin to ask, and in future years continue to reassess, whether the special conditions the Earth satisfies are ubiquitous or unique. Read More ›
Omega=Centauri
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Despite Fine-Tuning, Roger Penrose Is “Agnostic” About Intelligent Design

The slightest changes in almost any of the basic parameters of nature would have led to a universe without stable stars or without stars at all. Read More ›
drinking water
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Liquid Harmony: How Our Bodies Manage Salt and Water

Left to their own devices, the laws of nature tend toward degradation and death, not life. Read More ›
salt
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How We Balance Water and Sodium to Maintain Life

On their own, the laws of nature don’t tend toward life. To stay alive, living things utilize ingenious solutions. Read More ›

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