Nonsense with “Nanozymes”: New Origin-of-Life Theory Fails to Impress

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Yongdong Jin proposes that microscopic particles, which he terms nanozymes, orchestrated many of the major steps in the synthesis of the first cell. Source
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In Defense of The Edge of Evolution, a Response to Dave Farina

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If evolution is capable of producing complex molecular interactions, the place where we would most expect to find them is in viruses like HIV. Source
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How Irreducible Complexity Can Help with Cancer Drug Research

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Topoisomerases are molecular machines that play a critical role in resolving DNA tangles and supercoiling generated during DNA replication. Source
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The Set of Amino Acids Used in Life Is No “Frozen Accident”

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Significantly, these data indicate that the space of usable amino acids is severely constrained. Source
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A Method in the Madness of “Degeneracy”: Here Is Another Genetic Code

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The report from MIT doesn’t hesitate to call this a “newly discovered genetic code” or “alternate genetic code” with functional significance. Source
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It Turns Out Disorder Is Functionally Important

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Li Zhao of Rockefeller University is a leading investigator on the origin and function of orphan and taxonomically restricted genes (TRGs) and proteins. Source
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The Information Enigma and Gratuitous Beauty: In Theaters on April 30

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It's intelligent design as you've never seen it before. Find inspiration, and share it with friends and family. Source
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How Life Leverages the Laws of Nature to Thrive

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Left to their own devices, the natural result of physics and chemistry is death, not life. So how are we still breathing? Source
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For “Convergent Evolution,” Darwinists Offer Awkward Explanatory Tinkering

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How clever of separate kingdoms of organisms to have figured all this out independently! Source
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Systems Biology and Intelligent Design: A Natural Fit

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In December 2025, Molecular Systems Biology marked its 20th anniversary with a special editorial that reflects on the field’s development since 2005 (Bheda et al. 2025). Systems biology is an approach to studying living systems that assumes hierarchical, top-down design. The piece, authored by the journal’s editors and several contributors, shares personal perspectives on where the field stands today — and where it is headed. Ruedi Aebersold, the first contributor, states, “the first 20 years of MSB were grand; the next 20 years will be grander.”  I too am optimistic about the field’s future. My optimism comes specifically from how powerfully top-down design has succeeded in giving us the complex systems of the modern world. Top-down design prunes the vast search space of possibilities through an Read More › Source
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