Year in Review: Demonstrating the Power of the Intelligent Design Framework in Biology

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Our scientists and engineers have further laid the foundation for a comprehensive and actionable theory of biological design. Source
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Responding to Lee Cronin: A Modular Theory of Assembly

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Despite its fatal defects, Assembly Theory does raise the prospect of what a successful theory of assembly might look like. Source
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