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The Elegant Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

Without this exquisitely engineered system, the cell risks distributing an uneven number of chromosomes to the daughter cells. Read More ›
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The Return of Teleology to Biology

Biologists have faced a vexing dilemma since the philosophy of scientific materialism came to dominate Western thought. Read More ›
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How Do We Decide if Something Is Well Designed or Poorly Designed?

Erika DeBenedictis's statement that “organisms are absolutely the most sophisticated machines we know of” is supported by overwhelming evidence. Read More ›
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Evolution’s Third Rail — Transgenerational Epigenetics Can Have a Profound Impact

It is an enormous problem to explain how such capabilities evolved. Read More ›

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