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Photo credit: Markus Knaden, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology.

Ants Build Landmarks for Navigation

The difficulty of finding your way back home from a long distance is partly solved in a tiny ant’s brain. Read More ›
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Photo: Check cells, by Spencer Diamond ©2007, via Wikimedia Commons.

Something Is Missing from the Materialist Framework

Scientists have learned over the centuries that when a fundamental theoretical impasse is encountered, we do not blame nature. Read More ›
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More Scientific Problems with Paul Rimmer’s Views on Origin of Life

Naturally occurring self-organization is fundamentally different from the order in living systems. Read More ›
Pacific Ocean
Photo: Pacific Ocean, by NASA, Apollo 11, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

How the “Other” ATP Synthase Saves the Planet

A lesser-known rotary engine within cells is responsible for a substantial portion of gases and nutrients that sustain the biosphere. Read More ›
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Denton Explains How Light Sustains Human Life

“The atmosphere lets through just the light we need,” says Denton, “and the sun puts out just the light we need. It’s a remarkable coincidence." Read More ›
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Physics, Information Loss, and Intelligent Design

Imagine a system where heat flows from a hot region to a cold region under the constraint of the traditional second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›
David Berlinski
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David Berlinski on the Immaterial, Alan Turing, and the Mystery of Life Itself

If scientists thought that life's origin and nature would soon yield to scientific reductionism, they have been disappointed. Read More ›
granules of urea
Photo: Granules of urea, by LHcheM, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Replacing Chemistry with Purpose

The core argument of neo-Darwinism is, simply, that evolution, and life on Earth, are the result of random, aka, purposeless chemical reactions. Read More ›
James Tour
Photo: James Tour, via YouTube (screenshot).

James Tour: Reviewing the Challenges for Abiogenesis

To coincide with James Tour’s highly anticipated debate with YouTuber Dave Farina, we pulled this gem out of the archive for your listening pleasure! Read More ›
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Photo: Lee Cronin, by Alfienoakes, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Meet Intelligent Design’s Naturalistic Cousin: Assembly Theory

When one notices conceptual similarities and parallels, it would be remiss for us not to highlight them. Read More ›

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