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AI Corruption of Science Papers Becomes Evident

Reliance on machine-written material may signal a long and continuing decline in the quality of research in many fields. Read More ›
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Dodging the Main Issue in the Cambrian Explosion

In three papers, scientists babble about irrelevant details but ignore the main question: the origin of new genetic information for new body plans and organs. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Avalon Explosion and the Power of Maybe

While evolutionary biology has no explanation even according to the authors themselves, intelligent design theory does. Read More ›
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Enceladus as a Habitability Test

High up on the astrobiologists’ bucket list for further exploration is a little moon of Saturn. How lively could it be at Enceladus? Read More ›
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Sense of Touch Is More Finely Tuned than We Thought

Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact. Read More ›
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Chinks in the Chicxulub Story

If an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs as believed by the scientific consensus, its effects on evolution seem strained and inconsistent. Read More ›
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“Astonishing” Clocks Found in Bacteria

How could evolution bestow accurate timepieces on the simplest, most primitive life forms? It sounds like something William Paley would expect. Read More ›
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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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Bioelectricity Gives Biologists a Jolt

We’ve explored bioelectricity in cells. We’ve looked at it within the human body. Now, electrical engineering is being found in the realms between. Read More ›
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Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life

A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization. Read More ›

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