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Michael Behe
Photo: Michael Behe speaking at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Excerpt: A Reply to Michael Ruse

Let me tell a little story about blood clotting, Russell Doolittle, and Michael Ruse. Read More ›
sea turtles
Photo: Sea turtles, by Claudio Giovenzana, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Magnetic Navigation May Be a Gift from Bacteria

New clues to the prevalence of magnetotactic bacteria suggest that diverse animals may employ microbes for help with long-distance navigation. Read More ›
axolotl
Photo: A axolotl can regenerate itself, by Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Morphogenesis: Coding for Shape

How do you get a 3-D shape from a linear code? That is the puzzle of morphogenesis. Read More ›
anxiety
Photo credit: Nik Shuliahin, via Unsplash.

The Evolutionary Psychologist Will See You Now

It needs no wisdom to stamp “ANIMAL” on the sufferer’s forehead, any more than it does to stamp “DISEASED.” Read More ›
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Evolutionary Theorizing Depends on Magic Words

If evolutionists had to describe major turning points in evolution rigorously, they would quickly give up. Read More ›
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Surprises in Cell Codes Reveal Information Goes Far Beyond DNA

Information is the stuff of life. Not limited to DNA, information is found in most biomolecules in living cells. Read More ›
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Butterfly
Photo: Sara longwing, a Heliconius butterfly, by DirkvdM at en.wikipediaLater version(s) were uploaded by Samsara at en.wikipedia. [CC BY 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Butterfly Wing Pattern Diversification by Non-Darwinian Mechanisms

In butterfly “evolution,” new findings show mechanisms at work other than random mutation and natural selection. Read More ›
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Waste Not: Research Finds that “Far from Junk DNA,” ERVs Perform “Critical Cellular Functions”

A pair of new articles in Nature Genetics acknowledge just how widespread ERV and retrotransposon functionality is. Read More ›
Living Waters
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Sense of Smell Requires Optimized, Scalable Network Circuitry

The ability to smell is one of the most complex of our senses. It requires sorting, analyzing, and sifting a torrent of input data quickly. Read More ›

Progress in Defining “Being Alive”

I have long believed that “being alive” is the fundamental predicate to possessing even rudimentary intrinsic moral value. Read More ›

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