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Interoception: An Emerging Design Concept in Biology

We’ve heard of proprioception, the awareness of our limbs in space and time, but interoception is a companion sense. Read More ›
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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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Time for Christians to Move Beyond the Evolution Wars?

Actually, a paradigm shift is already underway. Traditional Darwinism faces challenges on a number of fronts within biology studies. Read More ›
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Molecular Animations Reveal Exquisite Design

It is hard to watch these animations and not come away with the strong sense that these systems are the product of a conscious mind. 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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Douglas Axe: We Have an Eye For Detecting Design

“Either you’re with us and on board on these issues or you are anti-science. That is a very unhelpful position for scientists to be taking.” Read More ›
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Photo: Douglas Axe at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Douglas Axe: Science as a Human Enterprise

“The human part of science brings all the baggage and complexity that humans bring to every other discipline in science, and how could it be otherwise?” Read More ›
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Is Life an Information Ratchet?

Some examples of ratchets include a socket wrench, an old-fashioned car jack, and a winch mounted on a truck or on a ship to haul up an anchor. Read More ›
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Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Read More ›
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The Dessert Cart Paradox — A “Gaping Hole in Evolutionary Theory”

There’s a problem with evolution by “natural selection” that’s indicated in the very words themselves, as biologist Doug Axe points out. Read More ›

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