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20,000 Bots Under the Sea: A Fantastic Voyage into the Cell

Imagine you have been invited to a futuristic discovery center, a facility that has pioneered the ability to shrink people and objects many orders of magnitude. Read More ›
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Nose Knows Better than Darwinism; Design Logic Explains Why

"By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose aren’t random at all." Read More ›
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Active Matter: How Function Determines Structure

As always, the approach of naturalism is to reduce the complexity of natural phenomena to basic physical laws. Read More ›
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4-D Nucleome Mapping Opens New Vision of Dynamic DNA Architecture

DNA is not a static sequence to read; it is a code that builds and operates its own factory. Read More ›
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Beyond Cosmic Fine-Tuning: Intelligent Design in the Laws of Nature

There is only one way to explain why our universe is governed by such simple and elegant laws that support life. Read More ›
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Building the Foundations: The Strong Nuclear Force

If the strong force suddenly turned off, the nuclei in an object as small as a gold ring would explode with energy equivalent to a small atomic bomb. Read More ›
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By Design: Brain Miniaturization in Some Very Small Insects

Does reduced brain size affect the behavior of animals? The answer appears to be that there is no effect. Read More ›
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Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Read More ›
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Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.”  Read More ›
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Aeon: “The Cell Is Not a Factory” — It’s Far More Complex

Viewing the cell’s nucleus as keeping a “collaborative notebook” implies record-keeping to maintain order and to act toward a purpose. Read More ›

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