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It’s the Severity or the Nature of the Mystery of Life’s Origin that Is Unacknowledged

Matthew Herron tweets, “Tell me more about this unacknowledged mystery!” and offers cases where scientists seemingly admitted the mystery of OOL. Read More ›
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Homeostasis: How Active Maintenance Showcases Intelligent Design

Can you think of an un-designed process that employs external machinery to maintain the state of another machine? Read More ›
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Image source: Illustra Media, from Origin: Design, Chance, and the First Life on Earth.

Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus

Leading lights in origin-of-life research share their work and thoughts in a series of open-access articles about chemical evolution. Read More ›
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Image: Hemoglobin, Illustra Media, from Origin: Design, Chance and the First Life on Earth.

Dazzling Acts in the Cell Circus

If life didn’t depend on these acts by cellular organelles and molecules, we would consider them death-defying performances in the greatest show on earth. Read More ›
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Image credit: Illustra Media, from Origin:  Design, Chance and the First Life on Earth.

Membrane Channels Show Astonishing Specificity

The “selectivity filters” in membrane channels of living cells are able to discriminate between very similar molecules or atoms using complex mechanisms. Read More ›
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Image: NPCs (nuclear pore complex), from Origin: Design, Chance and the First Life on Earth, courtesy of Illustra Media.

How the Nucleus Guards Its Gates

Details of the nuclear pore complex, one of the largest and most complex protein systems in the cell, come into sharper focus as a team watches how it validates a messenger RNA. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Presidio of Monterrey, via Flickr.  

What’s New in Cambrian Dodgeball?

Here are findings about Cambrian and Precambrian strata, and how evolutionists keep dodging the implications of rapid emergence of complex designs. Read More ›
Photo: Washington University researchers extol the efficiency of the molecular railroad, by Joe Angeles.

Researchers Find that in Cells, Trains Run on Time

Man-made railways can’t come close to the efficiency and flexibility of those at work inside your body right now. Read More ›
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Berra’s Blunder in Molecular Motors

Statements in news articles suggest that some science writers, while aware of ID, don’t understand what is required for a Darwinian response. Read More ›
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Photo: Peacock spider, via Jurgen Otto/YouTube.

A Tiny but Mighty (and Dancing) Example of Design: The Rainbow-Colored Peacock Spider

The peacock spider was relatively unknown till Jurgen Otto began photographing them and posting videos of their elaborate, colorful dances. Read More ›

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