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For Good or Evil: The Contradictory Legacy of James D. Watson

Let’s hope that whoever writes the future history of science will, like the bidder for that Nobel medal, be merciful to him. Read More ›
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Protein Designers Explore Sequence Space

They may call it evolution, but it is all about intelligent design and artificial selection, not Darwinism. Read More ›
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The Origin of Life and the Information Enigma

In 1953, when Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of the DNA molecule, they made a startling discovery. Read More ›
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Orderly Disorder: A Molecular Motor Regulated by IDP

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are common in cells. Can a disordered protein regulate a molecular motor? Read More ›
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Happy New Year! #1 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Yes, Intelligent Design Is Detectable by Science

This is one key issue on which proponents of ID and of theistic evolution differ. Read More ›
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Yes, Intelligent Design Is Detectable by Science

This is one key issue on which proponents of ID and of theistic evolution differ. Read More ›
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Who Misrepresented Who? A Response to John Farrell

When we find re-usage of parts in a way that cannot be explained by a phylogenetic tree and common descent, this is the sort of data we might expect under intelligent design. Read More ›

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