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In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists Explore “Waiting Times” for Coordinated Mutations

The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Read More ›
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Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Future of Biology

Previously, Dr. Wells showed that embryo development requires information carried by membrane patterns in embryonic cells. Read More ›
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Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Bioelectric Code

Jonathan Wells explains how biological information is carried in the form of a bioelectric code, and how it differs from the information in DNA. Read More ›
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Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Sugar Code

Biologist Jonathan Wells discusses the “sugar code,” a non-DNA form of information that is determined by patterns of sugar molecules on membrane surfaces. Read More ›
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Dominic Halsmer: Aesthetic Arguments for Intelligent Design

How do modularity, specificity, adaptability, durability, and other aspects of engineering systems argue for design in nature? Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Rosario; Acknowledgment: L. Shatz.

Beautifully Engineered: Peer-Reviewed Paper Argues for Intelligent Design

Dominic Halsmer describes signs of engineering he sees in nature, and explains some of the ways the universe appears strikingly bio-friendly. Read More ›
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Photo: American Association for the Advancement of Science, exterior, by 'Matthew G. Bisanz, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

AAAS Leader Does Not Rule Out Design, Says Science Must Follow the Evidence

In recent years the American scientific establishment has sought to shut off debate about neo-Darwinian theory by playing its trump card. Read More ›
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Photo: Casey Luskin in South Africa.

Casey Luskin Returns, Teases a New Book, Celebrates ID 3.0

Luskin tells about an upcoming book he’s been working on with William Dembski, another ID proponent who stepped away from day-to-day ID work. Read More ›
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Photo: John Conway, by "Thane Plambeck", CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Algorithmic Specified Complexity: The Game of Life

Hobbyists have designed highly complex patterns using John Conway’s simple rules of birth, death, and survival. Read More ›
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Photo: A flightless cormorant, endemic to the Galápagos Islands, by putneymark / CC BY-SA.

Michael Behe: Evolution by Devolution

An example of this devolutionary process on a showy scale? Flightless island birds, devolved from birds that could fly. Read More ›

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