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False Science: A Claim to Simulate Protein Evolution

The researchers designed a simulation tool, and then falsely claimed that it represents the evolutionary process. Read More ›
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With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that.  Read More ›
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Fact Check: Has a Study Shown “How Bacteria Evolved Powered-Up Propellers”?

This is a classic case of the media overstating the evidence for some evolutionary claim.  Read More ›
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New Article from James Tour Undermines a Pillar of Origin-of-Life Theories

Proteins and RNA degrade at rates that render their spontaneous formation under natural, undirected conditions highly implausible. Read More ›
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Recurring Design Logic in Living Systems

Architects, painters, musicians, and other creators apply recognizable patterns of thinking to their craft. Read More ›
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Evolutionary Obstacles to the Origin of Introns

The only type of explanation that adequately accounts for this type of phenomenon is a goal-directed, or intelligent, cause. Read More ›
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Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome: Intelligent Design in the Present Tense

"Various scientists have sought to define the 'physical limits to computation,' and the information processing in the nucleus of a cell breaks that." Read More ›
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How Darwinism Became a Pseudoscience

To be clear, I am not suggesting that Darwinists are conspiring to deliberately mislead people, although such misleading is certainly happening. Read More ›
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The Immaterial Genome: Richard Sternberg’s Labor of Love

Rick Sternberg's thought has the potential to demonstrate conclusively the need for an intelligent designer. Read More ›
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The Math Behind the Immaterial Genome 

While not a formal defense, this analysis aims to give readers an intuitive grasp of the reasoning behind Richard Sternberg's Platonic perspective. Read More ›

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