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Three Flagellum Updates Amplify Behe’s Challenge to Darwinism from Irreducible Complexity

Here’s what’s new about the iconic molecular machine that launched Michael Behe’s design revolution. Read More ›
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An Extraterrestrial Spin on the RNA World

The authors argue that RNA molecules appeared in warm little ponds more than 4.17 billion years ago, transported by “meteorites and interplanetary dust particles." Read More ›
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Bottom-Up Bottoms Out

Materialist attempts to model the construction of hierarchical organization from the bottom up collapse into a heap of unanswered questions. Read More ›
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Cheaters Never Prosper? Sure They Do in Origin-of-Life Papers

How can scientists get away with publishing patent nonsense when it comes to the origin of life? Read More ›
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Warm Little Pond? PNAS Paper Admits Difficulties Generating RNA on Prebiotic Earth

“Warm little ponds,” in Darwin's quaint expression, are actually very hostile environments for generating nucleotides. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design in the Dirt

If you’ve ever visited a desert, you may have noticed small clumpy mounds of crusty dirt in between the stretches of sand. Read More ›

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