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Nuclear Pore Complex
Image: Nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope, by Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 2002-4436., CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Nuclear Pore Complex Comes into Focus

Super-resolution microscopy is letting us peer even closer into the cell’s secrets, revealing awesome wonders. Read More ›
cephalopod
Photo credit: Gregor Austermann / Communications Biology, via EurekAlert!

Cephalopods Join the Cambrian Explosion? And Other Topics in ID

If fossils from Newfoundland have been interpreted correctly by paleontologists at Heidelberg University, they give more worries to Darwinists. Read More ›
guns on USS Iowa
Photo: Guns on USS Iowa, by PH1 Jeff Hilton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Closer Look at the T3SS Reveals Design

If one visualizes the recoil action of large guns on ships as they fire, that is perhaps what the EA (export apparatus) is doing for the T3SS. Read More ›
ATP Synthase
Image: A scene from "Molecular Machines — ATP Synthase: The Power Plant of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

New Research Finds Molecular Machines Are Even More Amazing than Behe Realized

With better imaging and analysis techniques, details about icons of design are coming into clearer focus. The icons are looking better than ever. Read More ›
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Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Were a Turning Point for Me

We have connected alumni with scientists who are conducting key research related to the design debate. Other graduates have become professors themselves. Read More ›
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Phillip E. Johnson (1940-2019), Some Reflections

I want to underscore Phil’s pivotal role in organizing disparate voices critical of Darwinism and convinced of design in nature into a cohesive community. Read More ›
More Cellular Roles
RNA
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More Cellular Roles Found for RNA

Previously relegated to servant tasks under the master DNA molecules, ribonucleic acids continue to surprise scientists. Read More ›
ATP-synthase
Image source: ATP Synthase: The Power Plant of the Cell, via Discovery Institute.

Irreducible Complexity in Molecular Machine Assembly

We know that many molecular machines are irreducibly complex in their operation. Even more IC is the process of assembling them in the cell. Read More ›
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Three Flagellum Updates Amplify Behe’s Challenge to Darwinism from Irreducible Complexity

Here’s what’s new about the iconic molecular machine that launched Michael Behe’s design revolution. Read More ›
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The Ongoing Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript: An Ancient Language and Peculiar Botanical Illustrations Awaiting Understanding
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Book Stumps Decoders: Design Filter, Please?

A mysterious manuscript has baffled historians for centuries. Nobody, though, thinks it wasn't designed for a purpose. Read More ›

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