Biochemical Design

Mitochondrial Iron-Sulfur Clusters Reveal Design

March 23, 2023

Anyone who has ever watched a close football game has seen this scenario. Time is running out, and the team that’s behind has one...

Biochemistry

by Jason Vohs Read

Language and Biochemistry: Evidence for Intelligent Design

June 19, 2020

Have you ever composed a text message on your smartphone and had the app suggest the next word? It is amazing that, many times,...

Design

by Zachary Leung Read

Phosphate Chemistry Part 2: Phosphates and the Origin of Life

May 18, 2018

Research into naturalistic explanations for the origin of life has long focused on how the “building blocks of life” (amino acids, nucleotides, sugars, and...

Chemistry

by Barrie Winn Read

New Research Suggests Two Overlooked Functions of Junk DNA

March 10, 2014

Life scientists continue to identify new functions for so-called junk DNA. Recently, a researcher from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pointed...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Engineering Traffic Flow Reflects the Work of Intelligent Agents on Freeways and in the Cell

January 1, 2014

Recently, a team of biochemists from the Weizmann Institute in Israel discovered that the same principles used by traffic engineers are at work inside...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Do Scientists Accept the Results of the ENCODE Project?

September 12, 2013

In the fall of 2012, the ENCODE Project reported that at least 80 percent of the human genome consists of functional sequences. A number...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Do ENCODE Skeptics Protest Too Much? Part 3 (of 3)

May 13, 2013

In light of the belief that the human genome is largely a genetic junkyard, the ENCODE Project’s phase two report that 80 percent of...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Do ENCODE Skeptics Protest Too Much? Part 2 (of 3)

May 9, 2013

Several recently published scientific papers strongly critique the results of the ENCODE Project’s second phase—which reveal that at least 80 percent of the human...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Do ENCODE Skeptics Protest Too Much? Part 1 (of 3)

May 6, 2013

When the ENCODE Project reported that at least 80 percent of the human genome consists of functional sequences, they forced a radical revision of...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

ENCODE Junks Evolutionary Concept

January 1, 2013

For several decades, biochemists thought a vast proportion of most organisms’ genomes consisted of junk—DNA sequences that once had value but decayed into nonfunctional...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Responding to ENCODE “Skeptics”

October 8, 2012

Recently, the ENCODE Project Consortium reported that 80 percent of the human genome consists of functional elements, major indicators of design. But some skeptics...

Biochemistry

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Using Nature ’s Designs to Build a Better Mousetrap

February 1, 2012

Three examples of biological mimicry I enjoy watching The New Yankee Workshop and Ask This Old House. Both of these programs showcase the skills of...

Biochemistry

by Jeff Zweerink Read