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The wonders of water

The wonders of water

Water has some fascinating features that suggest it has been designed ‘just right’ for life.
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22 Jan, 2025
Life and the ‘first’ cell

Life and the ‘first’ cell

It is a mathematical impossibility for even one gene to have arisen by chance...
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20 Dec, 2024
Enantiomeric amplification of L amino acids: part 3—using chiral impurities

Enantiomeric amplification of L amino acids: part 3—using chiral impurities

Can impurities sticking to growing crystals, a slight excess of L-amino acids on meteorites, or geothermal wet-dry cycling create homochiral conditions of the amino acids that make up life?
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20 Sep, 2024
Enantiomeric amplification of L amino acids: part 2—chirality induced by
D-sugars

Enantiomeric amplification of L amino acids: part 2—chirality induced by D-sugars

Could chirality in amino acids be induced by D-sugars?
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06 Sep, 2024
Synthetic life by Venter?

Synthetic life by Venter?

Did Venter make a truly synthetic new life form? What does it prove about chemical evolution or abiogenesis?
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03 Sep, 2024
Could chemical evolution produce DNA?

Could chemical evolution produce DNA?

Chemical evolution (abiogenesis) of DNA building blocks, instability of components
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17 Aug, 2024
Enantiomeric amplification of L amino acids: part 1—irrelevant and discredited
examples

Enantiomeric amplification of L amino acids: part 1—irrelevant and discredited examples

A review of irrelevant and discredited examples
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16 Aug, 2024
The Miller–Urey experiment revisited

The Miller–Urey experiment revisited

Miller--Urey experiment is still inadequate, and the early earth atmosphere was oxidizing.
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13 Aug, 2024
Creation for Kids: The amazing eye and the gift of sight

Creation for Kids: The amazing eye and the gift of sight

Discover the remarkable world of vision: from the perfect design of the human eye to unique eyes in nature, colour blindness insights, and the amazing ways science helps us see beyond limitations.
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10 Jul, 2024
Did life come from outer space?

Did life come from outer space?

Evolutionists are looking for extrasolar planets like Earth to promote evolutionary
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27 Jan, 2024
How the Bible makes sense of everything

How the Bible makes sense of everything

A sneak preview of the editorial from the soon-to-be-released Creation magazine. Subscribers will be delighted with the magazine’s powerful content and brilliant graphics.
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07 Aug, 2023
Could monkeys type the 23 Psalm?

Could monkeys type the 23 Psalm?

No, not even if time was infinite. Read why.
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30 Jun, 2022
Without God the universal cart must come before the cosmic horse

Without God the universal cart must come before the cosmic horse

Can Maxwell’s Demon avoid an intelligent origin for life?
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25 Feb, 2022
Life on Mars?

Life on Mars?

Life from Mars? Remember evolutionists’ claims about Antarctic meteorite 25 years ago? CMI’s original articles have stood the test of time. Now decisive confirmation by Mars rovers.
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17 Jan, 2022
‘Billion-year’ fossil ‘balls’ (part 1)

‘Billion-year’ fossil ‘balls’ (part 1)

Balls of cells discovered in ancient rocks pushes back complexity and multi-cellularity to supposedly one billion years ago. Such evidence fits early biblical history far better than evolution.
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01 Jun, 2021
Matti Leisola — bioengineer dumps Darwin, declares design

Matti Leisola — bioengineer dumps Darwin, declares design

Matti Leisola, leading bioengineer, demonstrates in his book why he rejected Darwin in favor of design. Engaging, humorous and thoughtful—a must read from a world-class scientist.
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06 Nov, 2020