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Molecular Biologist Marci Reeves on the Principles of Scientific Thinking

She uses the analogy of a beautifully frosted cake. The bottom layer is the raw data, while additional layers include interpretation, narrative, and hype. Read More ›
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21st-Century Darwinism’s Impossible Situation

The nasty racial implications of Darwin’s theory should not just be tastefully ignored. Read More ›
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In the Case of Water, an Inference to Intelligent Design Is Independent of Any Religious Claim

In this article I will explain why, as someone who is agnostic about many religious claims, I find the inference to intelligent design impossible to refuse. Read More ›
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Yet Another Engineering Innovation from Cuttlefish 

It was never a given that when scientists looked deeper into life, they would find such exquisite designs; but they did. Read More ›
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In Its Design, the Body’s Thermostat Resembles Human Technology

The existence of thermostatic control of our body temperature is not at all surprising supposing life to be the product of a purposeful engineer. Read More ›
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Paper Digest: Biomimicry Uses the Design of Biological Organisms to Improve Human Technology

Throughout this paper, Stuart Burgess emphasizes the supremacy of natural systems over human-engineered ones. Read More ›
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Your Intelligently Designed Body Is a System of Systems

To be alive, every cell in your body needs solutions to a complicated set of problems. Read More ›
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Frontiers of ID: Microscopic Ecologies

Public health lecturer James Hamblin at Yale decided to go without showers — for five years! Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: The Wonder of Your Body’s Genetic Instructions

Imagine the New York Public Library cutting every manual in half daily, or more often, and sending every month entire halves to a library in London. Read More ›
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Squid’s Got Talent — Super-Powers Astonish Scientists

The humble squid astonishes scientists with its super-powers. Are these marine champions really the products of random mutations and natural selection? Read More ›

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