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One Brain, Two Consciousnesses?

The idea that split-brain surgery can create two separate minds is immortal — in science fiction. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design in Action: DNA Cryptography

Cryptography itself is an example of ID in action within the sciences. How much more when it involves coded genetic information? Read More ›
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Non-Evolution of the Wet Dog Shake

Common things can become extraordinary when examined by science. In this research, evolutionists need not apply. Read More ›
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Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Read More ›
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Sleeping Mice Show How the Brain Lays Down Memories

Studies of mice running mazes have shed light on the sharp waves of neurons that assist in forming memories. Read More ›
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Let’s Think About a Zygote Like an Engineer

Actually, life is a series of millions of hard problems that have to be solved all the time, or else. Read More ›
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Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella

The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty? Read More ›
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Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism

The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma.” Read More ›
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Let’s Sing the Body Electric

The emerging science of “bioelectricity” is opening new vistas into the electrical energy powering our nerves, organs, and tissues. Read More ›
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#9 Story of 2022: New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle

A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Read More ›

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