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Nature Knows Best

June 13, 2018

Recent news articles show how engineers and inventors are helping mankind by imitating what plants, cells and animals do every day. A new kind of vaccine based on spider silk (Science Daily). Because spider silk is tough and yet biodegradable, it can be used as a delivery capsule for vaccines that might otherwise be resisted […]

Solar System

Earth as a Living, Breathing Planet: Is It Unique?

November 21, 2017

A new NASA video based on 20 years of data from earth-orbiting satellites will awe viewers.

Bible and Theology

You Are Free to Read This

September 18, 2016

The question of free will tantalizes philosophers, because the mind-brain distinction is complex.

Philosophy of Science

Imploding Ideas Unnoticed by Their Advocates

June 5, 2016

Fewer people would say foolish things if they noticed how ideas can refute themselves.

Biomimetics

Biomimetics Inspires Education

March 7, 2016

Students and teachers are catching on to the potential of biological design to inspire good science.

Media

"Creator" Becomes Cussword

March 4, 2016

The reaction to a poorly-translated Chinese word sets off a firestorm of anti-creation protest among scientists.

Biomimetics

Biomimetics Line-Up

December 14, 2015

Here's what's hot in the trendy science of making things the way nature does it.

Biomimetics

Invisible Subs and Other Tricks Inspired by Life

November 21, 2015

Working scientists seem less focused on evolution and more on design these days, figuring out how animals and plants do amazing things.

Human Body

Human Eye Has Nanoscale Resolution

July 10, 2015

No more complaining about bad design in the human eye. Optical experts prove it can distinguish differences at billionths of a meter.

Intelligent Design

Explorer 1 Chief Discovers Design

January 31, 2008

On this day 50 years ago, America entered the space race. On January 31, 1958, America gave its answer to Sputnik: a civilian satellite named Explorer 1. Within a few hours of the time of day these words are being written, von Braun’s Jupiter-C rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, successfully launched a JPL satellite into […]

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