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leaves
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Contingency Planning in the Cell Affirms Design

When sunlight is adequate, leaves are happy. On some days, though, there can be too much of a good thing. Read More ›
juggler
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Juggling Terms to Maintain the Illusion of Darwinian Selection

Evolutionists do not mind if selection goes forward, backward, up, down or sideways, as long as Darwin’s honor is maintained. Read More ›
Greenland Ice Sheet
Photo: Greenland Ice Sheet.

Glaciers Enhance the Biosphere — By Design

Glacial meltwater performs unexpected and surprising roles that benefit life on earth. Read More ›
DNA
intelligent design
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Missing the Point: Codes Are Not Products of Physics (Updated)

Elaborate schemes to explain the origin of the genetic code from the laws of physics and chemistry miss the whole point about codes. Read More ›
atomium
Photo: Atomium, Belgium, by Raphaël Biscaldi, via Unsplash.

“Resolution Revolution”: Intelligent Design, Now at the Atomic Level

Breakthroughs in imaging are allowing scientists to see iconic molecular machines in unprecedented detail. This will be a great boon for design science. Read More ›
Douglas Axe
Douglas Axe
Photo: Douglas Axe, in a scene from the series Science Uprising “DNA: The Programmer.”

Are Proteins Attracted to Function?

Doug Axe showed that functional space is a tiny fraction of sequence space in proteins. Evolutionists think they found a shortcut. Read More ›
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Whitewashing Evolution with Borrowed Paint

A team of known materialistic Darwinists promotes their helpfulness in solving the pandemic, but to do so, they steal values from outside their toolkit. Read More ›
ATP Synthase
Image: A scene from "Molecular Machines — ATP Synthase: The Power Plant of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

New Research Finds Molecular Machines Are Even More Amazing than Behe Realized

With better imaging and analysis techniques, details about icons of design are coming into clearer focus. The icons are looking better than ever. Read More ›
plastic in the ocean
plastic in the ocean
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Plastic-Eating Microbes — “Rapid Evolution” May Not Be Darwinian at All

Environmental scientists warn frequently that the world is drowning in plastic. Here is some unexpected good news. Read More ›

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