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Interoception: An Emerging Design Concept in Biology

We’ve heard of proprioception, the awareness of our limbs in space and time, but interoception is a companion sense. Read More ›
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Photo: A Greenland shark may live as long as 500 years, by Hemming1952, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Death by Intelligent Design? A Biological Enigma

Limited lifespans, accompanied by reproductive continuation of the living organism, provide a sustainable balance for life. Read More ›
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Photo: Stingray, a cartilaginous fish, by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

On Fish Intelligence, We’re Misled by Darwinian Assumptions

The world of life is full of intelligence. Its intensity varies not with distance from the supposedly accidental human but with the life form’s need for it.  Read More ›
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Group Founded by Francis Collins Launches PR Campaign for “Science”

If your research at Harvard costs $1 million to conduct, Harvard will get an extra payment of nearly $900,000 to sweeten the deal. Who wouldn’t want free money? Read More ›
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Photo: Eurasian spoonbill, by Ryzhkov Sergey, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Physics Envy Is Not Helping Evolutionary Biology

Biology is very different from physics. But if living things are entirely describable by atoms and forces, shouldn’t laws of physics apply to them, too? Read More ›
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Big Human Brain from…Just Two Genes?

The genes, unique to humans, spurred brain growth when introduced in mice and chimpanzee stem cells. Read More ›
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Photo: Clawed frogs, by Muffet, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Irreducible Complexity Nested Within Irreducible Complexity: The Case of Chromosome Condensation

It is highly implausible that such a wonder of engineering arose by means of an unguided evolutionary process. Read More ›
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Summer Seminar on ID Is a Glorious (and Cost-Free) Opportunity

The setting, once again in Colorado, is idyllic — towers of red rock and ponderous pines against the bluest of skies. Read More ›
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Photo: A lionfish, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Evolution in Real Time” (Yeah, Right)

Yet another article announces a sociological study has found public attention towards the lionfish “is aiding in monitoring its evolution nearly in real time.” Read More ›
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Photo: Darwin in 1868, by Julia Margaret Cameron, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is It a Myth That Darwin Rejected Design?

Deism is the idea that God created the cosmos and its natural laws, but thereafter did not intervene with miraculous events. Read More ›

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