Scientists Discover that Water Is Wet
May 11, 2026
Even wetness, under examination, occupies a surprisingly narrow place in the space of all possible worlds.
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Sense of Smell Uses a Barcode System
May 9, 2026
Smell is governed by a hidden spatial code, with ~1,100 receptors arranged in precise maps that align nose and brain.
SCT: Quorum Sensing—Another Skill Unique to Life
May 2, 2026
From the smallest cell to the greatest whale, algorithmic processes like quorum sensing distinguish the biotic from the abiotic.
Why Evolution Cannot Be Invoked Before Life Exists
April 30, 2026
The attempt to explain the integrated whole in terms of its primitive parts remains, quite literally, outside the realm of science.
Design Crashes the LUCA Party
April 22, 2026
Looks like the whole party was intelligently designed from the start.
DNA Translation Is Context-Dependent
April 20, 2026
What initially appeared to be a straightforward system has proven to be an extraordinarily complex and highly regulated network.
How Universities Ensure Conformity
April 10, 2026
An undergraduate class project, later published in a journal, ends up reinforcing evolutionary dogma, even while candidly admitting that ‘no one knows, from a scientific perspective, how life could have been formed from an early Earth that had no life.’
How a Cell Prepares for Division
April 7, 2026
At this scale, the cell does not appear to be reacting. It appears to be operating with a framework in which structure, timing, and function are tightly integrated.
Slugfest: Sea Slugs Operate on Time
April 6, 2026
Scientists find ‘molecular timers’ in sea slugs and other organisms, showing astonishing temporal precision in their peak memory capacity.
Genes Tell Time with Help from ‘Junk’ DNA
April 2, 2026
We don't sense time as an external arrival. We inhabit it as an internal necessity.
Hidden Force that Helps Wire the Brain Revealed
March 30, 2026
This discovery is so significant that it represents a “paradigm shift” in neurobiology—one that may require textbooks to be rewritten.
Gut Wisdom: Proteins on Patrol
March 19, 2026
Scientists find a protein in the human gut that actively fights even antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Cells Use ‘Disordered’ Proteins to Control Access to the Nucleus
March 12, 2026
Scientists watching the nuclear pore in action discover that its moving protein filaments form a highly selective traffic control system.
A Genetic Switch Matures Immune Cells
March 9, 2026
If it looks like an engineered system, functions like an engineered system, and is mapped like an engineered system, perhaps it is time to stop pretending it’s a happy accident.
IDTF: CEH Editor Interviewed about Interoception
March 4, 2026
Interoception is a complex "system of systems" in the body that defies evolution.