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Thirty Years of Intelligent Design Predicting the Unexpected Genome

Jonathan Wells’s review was important, but it only scratches the surface of information in biology outside of the DNA. Read More ›
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Hey, Great News! Scientists Used AI to Create Viruses

What about attempts to test their virulence in humans? The approach in the Stanford lab sure sounds like a new form of gain-of-function research to me. Read More ›
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Galloping Flagella and Cilia Railroads — Celebrating Darwin’s Black Box

These organelles, protruding from the cell into the environment, could not be built by a Darwinian mechanism. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Black Box at 30: The Evidence Wins!

Macrobiological features have been cited as irreducibly complex, including animal joints and the trap mechanisms of carnivorous plants, even the cell itself. Read More ›
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Papers: Argumentation and Surprise Are Best Ways to Do Good Science

I’m sure the authors of these papers didn’t mean to pay ID any compliments, but everything we’ve seen here closely tracks with intelligent design literature. Read More ›
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On Our 250th Anniversary, There Is a Battle for America’s Soul

While some researchers have "personified" their apes, others have mechanized their concept of man. Read More ›
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At Long Last, Have New Fossil Finds Solved the Cambrian Enigma?

New fossil discoveries from China are being hailed as evidence that could reshape our understanding of the origin of complex animal life. Read More ›
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Covert Consciousness Poses Bioethical Dilemmas

A great deal of work is needed in clinical studies to provide a large enough database to help guide treatment decisions. Read More ›
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Paper in Cell Reports “Paradigm Shift” Against TEs as “Genomic Parasites or Junk DNA”

This language is remarkable coming from a journal often considered the third most important in the world for biology. Read More ›
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Bee-ing There: Innovative Behavior by Bees

The design of organisms that have sufficient brain complexity and that produce these goal-directed behaviors requires an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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