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Watch: “The Most Technologically Advanced Place on Planet Earth”

Join renowned biochemist Michael Behe as he explores the mystery of how cells repair themselves. Read More ›
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DNA Repair and the Origin of Life: Here’s the Problem

Perhaps out there, watching along with you, is another Professor Dan Stern Cardinale who is imagining how easy it’s going to be to take this one apart. Read More ›
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New Long Story Short — Life’s Ingenious Code

The video asks, “Where in your experience do things like language, proofreading, nanomachines, and information-rich code come from? You know the answer." Read More ›
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On Origin of Life, “Stated Clearly” Has Clearly Misled Viewers

Jon Perry may be a proponent of methodological naturalism, which constrains science to consider only natural causes, regardless of the scientific evidence. Read More ›
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Fleshing Out a Theory of Biological Design

Steve Laufmann and Michael Egnor explore these and other insights at the intersection of biology and engineering. Read More ›
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Cells Use Loop Extrusion to Keep DNA Optimized

A paper illustrates the action of DNA loop extrusion processes, which serve multiple functions to maintain the genome, with an interesting graphic: gears. Read More ›
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In Cells, Proofreading and Repair Testify to Intelligent Design and Foresight

Like a skilled workman, the cell maintains “An array of tools, each one finely tuned.” Read More ›
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In Cells and Whole Organisms, Repair Mechanisms Imply Foresight, Not Evolution

It takes foresight to make complex tools and procedures that can restore the functions of other tools. A blind process can only see the immediate present. Read More ›

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