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The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›
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Photo: Plant cells, by Hermann Schachner, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

On the BBC, a New Openness to Teleology in Biology?

Dr. Richard Buggs is a plant biologist and professor of evolutionary genomics at Queen Mary, University of London. Read More ›
Mexican free-tailed bats
Photo: Mexican free-tailed bats, by dizfunkshinal, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

The re-usage of highly similar and complex parts in widely different organisms in non-treelike patterns is best explained by the action of an intelligent agent. Read More ›
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Photo credit: David Coppedge.

Redwoods, Grasshoppers: New Designs in Well-Studied Species

If redwoods are a byword for great stature, grasshoppers represent the opposite. And what insect could be more common or familiar? Read More ›
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Photo: Governor Kate Brown, by Oregon Department of Transportation, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Turning Our Dead into Fertilizer

These methods send a powerful symbolic statement that we are essentially nothing more than carbon atoms gathered temporarily in a rational and animated form. Read More ›
General Sherman tree
Photo: General Sherman tree, by Jim Bahn / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

A Remarkable Mechanism for the Existence of Large Trees

The mechanism represents a unique and stunningly brilliant solution to the problem of raising water to the top of large trees. Read More ›
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The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained

Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy. Read More ›
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Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Light in a Mirror

It’s helpful, as with his Third Way, to begin with a metaphor, in order to get an intuitive feel for the proof. Read More ›
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“We Hold These Truths”: On Design of the Cosmos, Science Uprising Updates Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence could hardly be written today, not if it had to pass muster with our dominant woke corporate-media-political culture. Read More ›
Science Uprising

“We Hold These Truths”: On Design of the Cosmos, Science Uprising Updates Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence could hardly be written today, not if it had to pass muster with our dominant woke corporate-media-political culture. Read More ›

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