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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
December 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, chewing, common descent, Epicurus, evolution, evolutionists, falsifiability, flat tire, Imre Lakatos, intelligent design, organs, predictions, teeth, teleology, testability}

Ultra-Conserved Elements: New Paper, Same Old Results

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December 2, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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UCEs are conserved structures that are not functionally constrained. Yet there is not so much as a hint of a problem for evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
November 23, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosomes, DNA, females, genes, genome, intelligent design, males, nucleus, proteins, RNA, sex chromosomes, teleology}

New Studies Reveal the Exquisite Designs of the Nucleus and its DNA

_{Cornelius Hunter
November 23, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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You may have heard that all the DNA in your body, if stretched out, could reach to the Sun and back more than 70 times. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Alexander Oparin, computer simulations, DNA, enzyme, evolution, evolutionists, genome, information, laboratory, organisms, Popular Mechanics, random mutations, RNA, RNA world}

RNA World: Repeated Downfalls, Repeated Resurrections

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January 12, 2021

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Alexander Oparin’s 1924 prediction that origin-of-life research would be solved “very, very soon” hasn’t quite turned out right. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
October 27, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alexander Oparin, Alfred Russel Wallace, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, clockmaker, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, creator, David Hume, Erasmus Darwin, evolutionists, Francisco Ayala, Gottfried Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, Isaac Newton, John Ray, Kenneth Miller, mosquitos, religion, Robert Chambers, scientists, Stephen Jay Gould, theology, universe}

When Scientists Make Truth Claims Outside Science

_{Cornelius Hunter
October 27, 2020

Evolution

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Here is a small, representative sampling of such claims over the past three centuries. These claims are not from science, but they drive science. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
October 22, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, brains, David Hume, determinism, evolution, free will, humans, illusion, knowledge, laws of nature, miracles, particles, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Sabine Hossenfelder, St. Paul, theoretical physics, truth}

Determinism: Smart People and an Absurd Claim

_{Cornelius Hunter
October 22, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Why should Sabine Hossenfelder think for a moment that anything that occurs to her has any correspondence to truth? Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Christian de Duve, eLife, embryo, embryonic development, evidence, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, genes, nucleic acids, proteins, zygote}

New Research on Animal Egg Orientation Shows “Unexpected” Diversity

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 10, 2020

Evolution

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Evolutionists cannot have it both ways. They cannot prove their theory when the findings work for them, and softly walk away when the findings do not work. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
May 10, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, DNA, evolutionists, fertility, junk DNA, RNA}

Study: Satellite DNA Is Essential and Species-Specific in Drosophila melanogaster

_{Cornelius Hunter
May 10, 2019

Evolution

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The next step will be for evolutionists to convert this spectacular failure into compelling evidence that evolution can produce DNA that is both (1) species-specific, and (2) functionally essential. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
March 7, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin’s God, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, homoplasy, Isaac Newton, modus tollens, mutations, nested hierarchy, religion, science, special creation, suboptimality, theism, theology, utilitarianism, vestigial structures}

Claim: Evolution Proves Molinism, and Molinism Proves Evolution

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March 7, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science

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Unfortunately, religion has infected science and the result is bad religion and bad science. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
February 28, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian theory, evolution, judge, Morse code, probability, stones}

The “All Outcomes Are Equiprobable” Argument

_{Cornelius Hunter
February 28, 2019

Evolution

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I’ve been busy lately with a big landscaping job for the neighborhood evolutionist. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
February 21, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptations, amino acids, antifreeze protein, cellular machinery, DNA, evolution, genes, just-so stories, mythology, non-coding DNA, nucleotides, protein evolution, proteins, selection pressure, University of Illinois}

At Last, the Details of How Proteins Evolve?

_{Cornelius Hunter
February 21, 2019

Evolution

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It is a difficult question because, setting aside many other problems, the very starting point — the protein-coding gene — is highly complex. Read More ›