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August 14, 2019
Imagine you’re flying over the desert, and you notice a pile of rocks down below. Most likely, you would think little of it. But suppose the rocks were arranged to spell out a message. I bet you would conclude that someone had arranged those rocks to communicate something to you and others who might happen to fly over the desert.
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Bioinformatics
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Intelligent Design
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Biochemistry
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August 7, 2019
I feel cold all the time. When I was younger, I was always hot. I needed to be in air conditioning everywhere I went. I could never get the temperature cold enough. But now that I am older, I feel like a frail person who is always chilled, needing to drape myself with a blanket to keep warm.
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Optimization
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Intelligent Design
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Biology
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July 24, 2019
When I was a little kid, my father was chair of the physics department at West Virginia Institute of Technology (WVIT). We lived in faculty housing on the outskirts of the WVIT campus and, as a result, the college grounds became my playground.
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Science
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Philosophy of Science
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Intelligent Design
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July 17, 2019
Most people who follow my work at Reasons to Believe know I question the grand claim of the evolutionary paradigm; namely, that evolutionary processes provide the exclusive explanation for the origin, design, and history of life. In light of my skepticism, friends and foes alike often ask me how I deal with (what many people perceive to be) the compelling evidence for the evolutionary history of life, such as vestigial structures and shared genetic features in genomes.
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Intelligent Design
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Evolution
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Creation vs. Evolution
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July 10, 2019
If you find yourself in need of directions when traveling through New England and you ask a local for help, he or she just might reply, “You can’t get there from here.” As you can imagine, these aren’t welcome words, particularly when all you want to do is make your way to your destination.
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Intelligent Design
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Evolution
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June 26, 2019
“What a mouse! . . . WHAT A MOUSE!” The narrator’s exclamation became the signature cry each time the superhero Mighty Mouse carried out the most impossible of feats.A parody of Superman, Mighty Mouse was the 1942 creation of Paul Terry of Terrytoons Studio for 20th Century Fox. Since then, Mighty Mouse has appeared in theatrical shorts and films, Saturday morning cartoons, and comic books.
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Age of the Earth
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Fossil Record
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June 19, 2019
There is a lot that evolutionary biologists can learn about the purpose of junk DNA from my wife. Let me explain. Recently, I wound up with a disassembled cabinet in the trunk of my car. Neither my wife Amy nor I could figure out where to put the cabinet in our home and we didn’t want to store it in the garage. The cabinet had all its pieces and was practically new. So, I offered it to a few people, but there were no takers. It seemed that nobody wanted to assemble the cabinet.
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Junk DNA & Bad Designs
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Biochemistry
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June 12, 2019
My last name, Rana, is Sanskrit in origin, referring to someone who descends from the Thar Ghar aristocracy. Living in Southern California means I don’t often meet Urdu-speaking people who would appreciate the regal heritage connected to my family name. But I do meet a lot of Spanish speakers. And when I introduce myself, I often see raised eyebrows and smiles.
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Argument from Beauty
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Biomimicry
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June 5, 2019
If God exists and if he is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, why is there so much pain and suffering in the world? This conundrum keeps many skeptics and seekers from the Christian faith and even troubles some Christians.
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Animal Death
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Problem of Evil
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Pain and Suffering
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May 29, 2019
As I get older, I find myself forgetting things—a lot. But, thanks to smartphone technology, I have learned how to manage my forgetfulness by using the “Notes” app on my iPhone.
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Anthropic Principle
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Bioinformatics
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Biochemistry
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Intelligent Design
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Design
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May 22, 2019
You may not have ever heard of him, but he played an important role in ushering in the Darwinian revolution in biology. His name was Asa Gray.
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Animal Death
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Problem of Evil
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Carnivores
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Pain and Suffering
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May 15, 2019
When Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the DNA double helix, first conceived of molecular biology’s organizing principle in 1958, he dubbed it the central dogma. He soon came to regret the term. In his autobiographical account, What Mad Pursuit, Crick writes:
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May 8, 2019
It was one of the most painful experiences I ever had. A few years ago, I had two back-to-back bouts of kidney stones. I remember it as if it were yesterday. Man, did it hurt when I passed the stones! All I wanted was for the emergency room nurse to keep the Demerol coming.
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Intelligent Design
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Junk DNA & Bad Designs
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Pain and Suffering
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Genomics
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May 1, 2019
A few days ago, I ran across a BuzzFeed list that catalogs 24 of the most poorly designed things in our time. Some of the items that stood out from the list for me were:
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Biochemistry
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Intelligent Design
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Design
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April 17, 2019
I finally upgraded my iPhone a few weeks ago from a 5s to an 8 Plus. I had little choice. The battery on my cell phone would no longer hold a charge.
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Intelligent Design
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Design
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Biochemistry
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April 3, 2019
I just finished binge-watching Altered Carbon. Based on the 2002 science fiction novel written by Richard K. Morgan, this Netflix original series is provocative, to say the least.
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Image of God
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Human Uniqueness
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