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hydrothermal vents
Photo: Hydrothermal vents, by NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Top Ten Cheats in “Monumental” Origin of Life Research

Brand new research from the Salk Institute has just been published relating to the origin of self-replicating RNA — a lynchpin in the RNA-world hypothesis. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Read More ›
Gerald Joyce
Photo: Gerald Joyce, by Salk Institute via EurekAlert! (usage restrictions: with credit and related coverage).

Fact Check: A “Monumental” Breakthrough in Understanding Life’s Origin?

The lauding of Gerald Joyce’s research is pure hype. His results only further demonstrate the absolute necessity of intelligent agency. Read More ›
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Secrets of Active Transport Become Visible

TSA workers at airports could never boast of this much quality control in their authentication protocols. Read More ›
Spiral galaxy NGC 628
Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 628, by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), and the PHANGS team.

Hidden, Now Revealed: Amazonia, Fitness Landscapes, and Fibonacci Numbers

The caption for one image of spiral galaxy NGC 628 notes: “The spiraling filamentary structure looks somewhat like a cross section of a nautilus shell.” Read More ›
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Trapdoors in the Fitness Landscape: Scientists Revive Worries About an Evolutionary Metaphor            

What if the structure of the landscape is like a block of Swiss cheese, flat and riddled with holes? Read More ›
human yolk sac
Photo credit: Ed Uthman, via Flickr (cropped).

Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2023: Another “Vestigial” Organ Has “Absolutely Critical” Functions

Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›
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Photo credit: David Coppedge.

Ahead of New Book Edition, Geoglyphs and Natural Features Test Dembski’s Design Inference

Designed features can hide in plain sight. A closer look can sometimes reveal the intentional acts of a mind. Read More ›
human yolk sac
Photo credit: Ed Uthman, via Flickr (cropped).

Another “Vestigial” Organ Turns Out to Have “Absolutely Critical” Functions: The Human Yolk Sac

Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›
driverless car
Photo credit: BP63Vincent, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

What’s Driving Darwin’s Driverless Car?

What drives natural selection? Evolutionary forces. What are evolutionary forces? They’re what drive natural selection. Read More ›

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