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Emily Reeves on the Intersection of Biology and Engineering

Dr. Reeves explains the importance of using engineering principles to understand biological systems. Read More ›
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Farewell to Daniel Dennett

Dennett noted that Paul Nelson and I were in the audience and would be speaking at Tufts that evening on intelligent design. Read More ›
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Dawkins, Dennett, and the Taste for Iconoclasm

I’ve had two memorable encounters with Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, one with Dennett alone, the other with both together. Read More ›
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Yet Another Engineering Innovation from Cuttlefish 

It was never a given that when scientists looked deeper into life, they would find such exquisite designs; but they did. Read More ›
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Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time. Read More ›
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Recognizing the Scandal in the Universities — Will It Extend to Origins Science?

The regime of methodological naturalism is affirmative action for scientific ideas. Read More ›
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Quorum Sensing: A Clever Trick by Microbes

Robot designers are learning tricks from bacteria: how to communicate with and respond to other unseen members of a swarm. Read More ›
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James Tour and Lee Cronin to Discuss Origin of Life at Harvard Roundtable

Props to Professor Lee Cronin for agreeing to participate. Wish you could be a fly on the wall? Here's good news. Read More ›
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Ovid in His Exile

Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University was the scene of many strange experiments. Read More ›
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Sandgrouse Takes the Royal Society to Design School

Episode guest Brian Miller talks with host Casey Luskin about the details of the ingenious design. Read More ›

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