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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 28, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Caltech, DNA, Douglas Axe, E. coli, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, industry, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, medicine, mutations, Nobel Prize, oxymoron, proteins, science, sequence space, universe, University of Missouri}

#5 of Our Top Stories of 2018: It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

_{Ann Gauger
December 28, 2018

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 20, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, courage, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, think tank}

What Discovery Institute Means to Me: A Reflection

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December 20, 2018

Intelligent Design

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How interesting and how odd, I thought. I am in Seattle. But what’s a think tank that promotes intelligent design doing in Seattle? Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 5, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, Daily Mail, DNA, Ernst Mayr, Forbes, Genetics and the Origin of Species (book), Homo sapiens, Human Evolution (journal), human origins, isolation, Michael Marshall, mitochondria, mitochondrial Eve, Nature (journal), Peaceful Science, speciation, species, theistic evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, women, Y chromosome, Y-chromosome Adam}

Does Barcoding DNA Reveal a Single Human Ancestral Pair?

_{Ann Gauger
December 5, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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I don’t think the study can claim all the things it does based on the evidence they have. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 4, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, ATP, Drew Berry, dynein, enzymes, intelligent design, kinesin, molecular machines, nucleus, organelles, transfer RNA, tRNA}

Chemical Affinity, Motor Proteins: Good Questions from a Reader

_{Ann Gauger
December 4, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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About the movement of organelles: There are molecular motor proteins that haul them around! Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptive mutations, ants, bacteria, bacteriophages, BioEssays, Cell (journal), cetaceans, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, deletions, Eugene Koonin, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, geneticists, horizontal gene transfer, insertions, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, polar bears, The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology, viruses}

Bacteriophages, Budding Yeast, and Behe’s Vindication

_{Ann Gauger
November 26, 2018

Evolution

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It’s been known for some time that bacteria evade antibiotics by mutating the target of the antibiotic, often at a cost to themselves. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Linguistics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, birth, cell biology, disease, DNA, empathy, Euripides, gene, great apes, human body, infants, labor, medicine, molecular biology, mothers, mutations, Nathan Lents, nurse, pelvis, theory of mind, vitamin B12, vitamin C}

Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error

_{Ann Gauger
November 13, 2018

Evolution, Linguistics, Reproductive Science

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He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 9, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, de novo genes, DNA, Douglas Axe, ENCODE, function, genome, intelligent design, methylation, Peaceful Science, proteins, transcription}

In Arguments for Intelligent Design, Definitions and Assumptions Are Important

_{Ann Gauger
November 9, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Think of a situation where you have to crack the code on a bank vault, with many dials in the code, say 150, each specifying 1 out of 10 digits. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 6, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, Darwinian theory, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, experiments, François Jacob, function, genome sequencing, insects, intelligent design, nucleotide sequences, orphan genes, protein folds, RNA, sequence space, transcription}

About Orphan Genes — What’s the Big Problem for Evolution?

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November 6, 2018

Evolution

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Orphan genes — genes that are present in only one species, or a group of closely related species — are of particular interest to advocates of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, discontinuity, evidence, genomes, intelligent design, Paul Nelson, pseudogenes, synteny, universal common descent}

Intelligent Design, Common Descent, and a Qualification

_{Ann Gauger
November 3, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I had someone ask whether, in a previous post, I meant universal common descent (UCD) or more limited common descent. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, Discovery Institute, genetic code, Jonathan Wells, LUCA, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, theistic evolution, universal common descent, Zombie Science (book)}

Intelligent Design and Common Descent

_{Ann Gauger
November 1, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A reader asks, “I was just wondering why some fellows at Discovery believe in ID but still hold to common descent.“ Read More ›