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jelly-ear
Photo: A jelly ear, by Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Studying Biology with System Engineering Principles

As a biologist, I’ve often wondered what the best way is to integrate engineering ideas in biology research. Read More ›
Wiwaxia
Photo: Wiwaxia, a creature from Cambrian Explosion, by Martin R. Smith, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design Without a Designer? New Book Says Yes!

So, does the teleonomic explanation hold up? Well, we have to ask: where does “teleonomy” come from? Why does it exist?  Read More ›
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Photo: M92, by NASA, en:STScI, en:WikiSky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligently Designed Evolution? Sorry, Wrong Universe

Many in the intelligent design camp have considered the possibility that the evolutionary process was designed. Read More ›
Great Blue Heron
Photo: Great Blue Heron, by NASA / Ben Smegelsky.

Astrophysicist: “We Do Not Yet Know How, Where, or Why Life First Appeared”

It’s good to find another scientist — with no connections to intelligent design — who sees the issue so clearly. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Thomas Kinto via Unsplash.

Sunlight on the Puzzle of Prebiotic RNA?

In two previous articles, I have argued against the plausibility of generating biologically relevant polymers (proteins, RNA, and DNA) in a prebiotic world. Read More ›
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Where Biology and Engineering Intersect: CELS 2023 Applications Are Open Now!

This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›
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Photo credit: © Walter Bradley.

Did Life First Arise by Purely Natural Means?

Evolutionary theory and the development of the second law of thermodynamics are two of the three major scientific discoveries of the 19th century. Read More ›
Miller West
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Brian Miller: Engineering in Biology, and THE Engineer

If living systems were deliberately engineered, how good an engineer was the one behind those living systems? Read More ›
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Image credit: Brian Gage.

Revolution as Scientists Treat Living Systems as Engineered

This sea change in perspective is rapidly accelerating progress in experimental biology. Read More ›
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Photo: Richard Owen (left); beside him is the skeleton of a giant moa, by John van Voorst [Public domain].

Denton: Animal Body Types as “Adaptive Masks”

These recurrent forms extend from original “primal patterns,” much as argued by such 19th-century opponents of Darwinism as Richard Owen and Louis Agassiz. Read More ›

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