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1861
Rarefied Design: The Privileged Planet, 20 Years On
It's a big universe out there. Could life exist on another planet? Maybe, but it's not just the size of the universe that matters,...
1860
How the Caterpillar Got Its Legs...Or Not
Almost 400 years after its discovery, the process of metamorphosis is still a thorny conundrum for evolutionary biologists. But there are other aspects of...
1859
Parables from Nature: A Profile of Margaret Gatty
She was born the same year as Charles Darwin. Like him, she studied nature and wrote books. But while Darwin staked his life's work...
1858
The Role of Engineers in the Systems Biology Revolution
What happens when biologists and engineers get together to study the natural world? Today’s ID the Future from the archive spotlights systems biology and...
1857
Evolution's Demigods: Reviewing the Tour/Cronin Debate
Do biologists give too much credit to natural selection and self-organization? What are the limits of a materialist approach to science? On this ID...
1856
Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard
Are we close to cracking the origin of life problem or not? In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that "Origin of life...