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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, author, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, co-option, coordination, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary models, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, T3SS, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

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December 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 15, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, bacteria, bioinformatics, cancer, cell biology, complex and specified information, diseases, enzymes, evolutionary computation, galactic habitable zone, information, information theory, intelligent agency, intelligent design, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, molecular machines, paleontology, physiology, predictions, protein science, science stopper, systematics}

It’s Intelligent Design, Not Darwinism, that Drives Scientific Progress

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December 15, 2023

Anatomy, Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Here is a list showing various fields where intelligent design is helping science to generate knowledge. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, beauty, Brian Miller, co-option, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, evolution, exaptation, hammer, Howard Berg, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mousetrap, natural selection, proteins, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, serendipity, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Want to Harmonize Evolution and Design? Consider the Bacterial Flagellum

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December 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I hope it’s clear that Kojonen’s effort to harmonize evolution and design (as he envisions it) is not so easy in the case of the bacterial flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, beta-lactamase, biologic institute, Brian Miller, Cambridge, Dennis Venema, designer, Douglas Axe, E. coli, Emily Reeves, enzyme, evolution, evolutionary theory, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, New Scientist, No Free Lunch theorems, preconditions, protein folds, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), Unbelievable, universe}

Defending Douglas Axe on the Rarity of Protein Folds

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November 29, 2023

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The following examination and defense of Dr. Axe serves as a direct, empirical test of Rope Kojonen’s design hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioEssays, body plans, cancer, chimpanzees, diseases, DNA, evolution, evolutionary biologists, function, functionality, gene expression, genes, humans, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk RNA, lncRNAs, molecular biologists, mRNAs, mutations, natural selection, protein translation, proteins, proteome, repetitive DNA, ribozymes, species, transcription}

Roundup of Functions for “Junk DNA” Supports the New RNA Gene Paradigm

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November 29, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The junk DNA paradigm may have caused us to miss the precise DNA that helps makes a species unique. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anomalies, BioEssays, brain function, dogmatism, epigenetic information, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, function, gene regulation, genes, genetic programming, inheritance, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, molecular biology, non-coding DNA, paradigm shift, Thomas Kuhn}

The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes

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November 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, addiction, alleles, anomalies, Barbara McClintock, BioEssays, circadian rhythms, cognition, DNA, enhancers, epigenetic inheritance, epigenetics, evolution, genes, genomes, human genome, intelligence, intelligent design, introns, John Mattick, junk DNA, lncRNAs, methylation, molecular biology, mRNAs, neutral evolution, paradigm shift, personality, retroviruses, Ribosome, Scientific American, Short Tandem Repeats, Thomas Kuhn, transposable elements, transposons}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Ten “Anomalies” that Contradict the Junk DNA Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
November 27, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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John Mattick uses the language of historian of science Thomas Kuhn to predict that we are witnessing a “paradigm shift” away from the concept of junk DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australia, BioEssays, crisis, Darwinian evolution, DNA, genome, Harvard University, John Mattick, junk DNA, Mendelian genetics, Modern Synthesis, paradigm, paradigm shift, proteins, RNAs, Short Tandem Repeats, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Newly Published Paper in BioEssays Recognizes Kuhnian “Paradigm Shift” Against Junk DNA

_{Casey Luskin
November 22, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A new theory “emerges first in the mind of one or a few individuals” but then it spreads because the field faces “crisis-provoking problems.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, batteries, electronics, entrepreneurs, George Gilder, graphene, James Tour, materials science, mice, modernity, Nobel Prize, plastic, plastics, Rice University, spinal cord}

I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene

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November 17, 2023

Medicine, Physical Sciences

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Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 16, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Africa, culture, evolution, fire, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, interbreeding, Journal of Human Evolution, last common ancestor, Middle Palaeolithic, Neanderthals, PLOS ONE, Portugal, Science Alert, stereotypes, stone tools}

Were Neanderthals and Humans the Same Species?

_{Casey Luskin
November 16, 2023

Archaeology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The evidence does not demonstrate that humans evolved from some kind of humanlike yet intellectually primitive precursor. Read More ›