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RNAPolymerase
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Recurring Design Logic in Attenuation Mechanisms

Despite the striking parallels between these systems in terms of the design logic, these attenuation systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›
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Join Us for a Discovery Institute Academy “Meet the Teachers” Zoom

If you weren’t able to drop by our booth in Florida, why don’t you consider joining our “Meet the Teachers” Zoom event on Thursday, May 29 at 5:00 pm (PDT).  Read More ›
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Sternberg Reveals the Truths that Give Life

Additional support for the plausibility of the immaterial nature of the genome can perhaps be found from implications of Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
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Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument. Read More ›
Denis Noble
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Richard Dawkins’s Unlikely Nemesis 

Leading the charge against the model is — of all people — one of Dawkins’s own doctoral examiners at Oxford, the renowned physiologist Denis Noble. Read More ›
eye
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Brian Miller on the Gift of Vision

Our eyes are easy to take for granted! Yet, the more we dig into this amazingly intricate system, the more thankful we become for them. Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
Image credit: Brian Gage.

The Simple Life: Abiogenesis Gets Another Reality Check

When it comes to biological life, even the simplest single-celled organism is an astonishingly complex multi-part system. Read More ›
blood
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The Incredible Design of Vertebrate Blood Clotting

Recently, a commenter on the Center for Science and Culture’s Facebook page asked about a paper by the late biochemist Russell F. Doolittle. Read More ›
Carina-Nebula
Photo credit: Carina Nebula, by James Webb Space Telescope via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Comparing Design Evidence in Physics Versus Biology — Is One Stronger than the Other?

The multiverse is nakedly an attempt to save atheism from science. Darwinian theory is less nakedly so. Read More ›
Cassiopeia A supernova remains
Photo: Cassiopeia A supernova remains, by Image Credits: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, IXPE: NASA/MSFC/J. Vink et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI.

“Would Mathematics Be Here if We Weren’t?”

In December, physicist and author Lawrence Krauss interviewed the late American novelist Cormac McCarthy, who died on June 13th at the age of 89. Read More ›

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