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Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life

A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization. Read More ›
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Gifted Microbes Elevate the Case for Intelligent Design to the Entire Biosphere

Far from being humble, primitive steppingstones to higher life, microbes display superpowers that so-called “higher” forms of life depend on. Read More ›
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Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Read More ›
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The Phosphorus Cycle: Cause or Effect?

Phosphorus, oxygen, and microbes cooperate in a delicate balance that sustains our productive biosphere. How did they come to interact? Read More ›
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Model Cell Visualized as a Compact Factory

Capturing the interior parts of a cell in their complex relationships took a lot of work, but some researchers have set a new high bar for biophysical imaging. Read More ›
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Professor Dave in His “Debate” with James Tour Showcases the Art of Citation Bluffing

When Farina addressed the science, he rifled through a long series of technical articles, but greatly exaggerated their relevance. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design Passes the Dawkins Test

After it passed his challenge, will atheist evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins now embrace the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›
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Top Science Journal: Let’s Export Wokeness to Outer Space

Equity advocate says future space colonies should be governed similarly to places like San Francisco or Portland. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Stubborn Mystery of the Tully Monster

How much confidence should we really place in dubious fossil evidence when it is boldly claimed to prove Darwinian evolution as a fact? Read More ›
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Evolutionist Claims ChatGPT “Lies About Junk DNA”

A null hypothesis, such as expecting the absence of function in non-coding DNA, reveals a presupposition that biases one’s interpretation of the evidence.  Read More ›

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