4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (211+ words) Burgess describes the different types of movable joints in humans, and he explains why the “human musculoskeletal system has a level of design sophistication far higher than the best current humanoid robots.” In addition, he recommends how biological design could…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (586+ words) The reagents of the feedstock are never produced by processes as on the early Earth. Production requires substantial energy and controlled industrial procedures Source Research into life’s origin typically falls into two broad categories. The first consists of experiments designed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (193+ words) From Dr. Selim, “It came as a big surprise to us that one of the earliest life forms on Earth — evolutionarily older and simpler cells — had already developed communication structures regulated by calcium signals similar to those found in the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (503+ words) This paper contains the imaginative storytelling, speculative leaps, and inflated claims that have become staples of the origin-of-life literature. Source In my previous article, I describe how a recent paper proposing chemical pathways to life’s origin recycles failed models and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (384+ words) Not only does the space enable regular study, but also it hosts ID discussion forums, faculty or departmental workshops, and club training. Source Dr. Lencer Ndede, an administrator for BioCosmos Kenya, recently shared how the BioCosmos Kenya Student Club has…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (509+ words) In five previous articles (find the full series here), I offered a series of responses to YouTuber Dave Farina’s criticisms of my defense of biochemist Michael Behe’s work. Here, in this final installment, I will engage with Farina’s comments regarding…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (992+ words) Topoisomerases are molecular machines that play a critical role in resolving DNA tangles and supercoiling generated during DNA replication. Source Joe Deweese, professor of biochemistry at Freed-Hardeman University and an advocate of intelligent design, is an expert in both the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (207+ words) Another example I mentioned in the Behe debunk is the VPU protein in HIV-1. It evolved the ability to counteract part of the human immune system that’s different from other apes, a completely new function, without losing its ancestral function....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (554+ words) A just published puff-piece interview by The Water Diplomat with Dutch human and nature rights lawyer Jan van de Venis illustrates this tactic. Let’s take a look. Van de Venis is asked to describe how nature rights is being furthered....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (422+ words) Christoph Adami discusses work by Reverend William Dallinger, a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Source We have been looking at Christoph Adami’s book, The Evolution of Biological Information.Today, we are continuing to consider Chapter 4, entitled “Experiments in Evolution.” Adami discusses…...