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Zygote
Photo credit: Niña Sesina, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Zygote Code and Other Mysteries

As development progresses, each cell is directed to unique use of its DNA files by the epigenetic system, which sits above the DNA. Read More ›
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Photo: Nerve cells, via Wikimedia Commons.

New Paper Examines How the Complexity of Glycan Structures Points to Intelligent Design

"This is, of course, important in order for a kidney cell to be and function as a kidney cell, a nerve cell to function as a nerve cell, and so forth." Read More ›
Pacific salmon
Photo credit: Milton Love, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Appreciating the Irreducibly Complex Design of Salmon Osmoregulation

Three main things must occur for the young salmon, called a smolt, to prepare for life in the salty ocean. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: Reimund Bertrams via Pixabay.

Doctor’s Diary: The Wonder of Your Body’s Genetic Instructions

Imagine the New York Public Library cutting every manual in half daily, or more often, and sending every month entire halves to a library in London. Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: The Design of the Human Nervous System

Our skin and our insides are laced with an invisible, highly sophisticated, selective, neurological netting. Read More ›
Acheulean hand-axes
Photo: Acheulean hand-axes, by Muséum de Toulouse [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New

Our brains have vastly more ability than is needed for survival, most notably the capacity for language and abstract thought. Read More ›
GFPneuron
Image credit: Nrets at en.wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia) [CC BY 2.5], from Wikimedia Commons.

This Didn’t Evolve a Few Mutations at a Time

Let’s have a look at an example: nerve cells and their action potential signals. Read More ›
Euglypha-tuberculata
Photo: Euglypha tuberculata, a testate amoeba, by Picturepest (Euglypha tuberculata — Testate amoeba — 160x) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Early Complexity: An Evolutionary Case Study

Amoebas contain hundreds of times more DNA than humans, and this “just didn’t make sense.” Read More ›

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