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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 17, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, biology, carbon, combustion, computer chips, cosmos, disclosure, Disclosure Day, Discovery Institute Press, Earth’s crust, environmental fitness, extraterrestrials, fire, Goldilocks Zone, government, hominins, Homo erectus, hydrological cycle, intelligent design, knuckle-walking, lasers, magnets, metallurgy, metals, Michael Denton, oxygen molecules, photosynthesis, plant matter, PLOS ONE, primal blueprint, purpose, respiration, semiconductors, South Africa, space, spacecraft, Steven Spielberg, sugars, technology, The Miracle of Man, tools, trees, UFOs, universe, Wonderwerk Cave, wood}

Michael Denton’s Work Shows ETs in UFOs Would Not Exist in a Purposeless Universe

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June 17, 2026

Earth Sciences, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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Fire is a central part of human existence, and it’s a necessary requirement for building technology, whether primitive or complex. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 16, 2026

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, Ancient Aliens, Bible, Big Bang, Christianity, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, Disclosure Day, Discovery Institute, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Edward Snowden, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, extraterrestrials, fine-tuning, First Cause, Francis Crick, gray aliens, History Channel, intelligent design, L. A. Marzulli, media, Michael Knowles, Nerdrotic, Richard Dawkins, Science and Culture Today, Singularity, spoilers, Steven Spielberg, storytelling, sunshine laws, Ufologists, UFOs, universe, War of the Worlds, whistleblower, YouTubers}

Disclosure Day Is Fun, But It Didn’t Rock My Faith

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June 16, 2026

Arts, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Spielberg's message is not only that aliens are real but also that they’re good and they’re our friends. I find that very curious: How is he so sure? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 12, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __recommended, anthropology, apes, Barbie doll, Bayesian reasoning, Christianity, culture, dancing, Dungeons and Dragons, Elsevier, evolutionary requirements, feasting, human behavior, human origins, humanity, humans, indigenous peoples, Islam, John Speth, Judaism, movies, non-rational behaviors, praying, Quaternary Environments and Humans, singing, spirituality, survival, University of Michigan, war, witches, wizards}

Paper: Human Behavior Shows We’re “Far More Complex than Just a ‘Souped-Up’ Ape”

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June 12, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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How do we explain all the “mind-boggling sweep” of time-consuming behavior that isn’t directly necessary for survival? Read More ›

A dna structure design with glowing particles.

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __recommended, biology, CCCTC-binding factor, DNA, DNA structure, function, G-quadruplex, G4s, gene expression, genome, genome topology, guanine, humans, junk DNA, minisatellite, non-B DNA, pericentromeric repeats, PNAS, repetitive DNA, telomeres, telomeric repeats, topologically associating domains}

More Functions Reported for Repeat “Junk” DNA

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June 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Papers note that repetitive DNA — the type of DNA that our junk-DNA-defending friends assure us must be functionless — is vital for forming G4 structures. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, DNA, DNA transcription, ENCODE project, evolution, functionality, genetics, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, junk RNA, Long Story Short, mammalian genome, mouse, native genome, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, noise, noncoding RNAs, proteins, Puffin-D, RNA, RNA sequences, sequence conservation, sequences, Thomas Cech, yeast}

Garbage Goodbye: In Blow to Junk RNA, “Majority” of Transcription Not “Background Noise”

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May 28, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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A 2026 paper reports on an AI trained on genomic data, including data from a 2024 paper, enabling it to predict when transcription would be initiated. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 23, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, bottleneck, chatbots, fossil record, Grok, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, human origins, humanity, John Hawks, paleoanthropology}

Human Evolution Quote: Grok, Is This True?

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May 23, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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People are always welcome to change their views in response to what they feel is convincing new evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, anthropology, Aosis, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, autosomes, body plan, body size, bottleneck, brain size, cladogenesis, faces, fossil record, Grok, hominids, Homo, Homo erectus, Homo ergaster, Homo sapiens, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, mtDNA, nuchal areas, nuclear DNA, paleoanthropology, population, population size, Religions (journal), Science and Faith in Dialogue, sex chromosomes, skeleton, speciation, Stephen Barr, University of Wisconsin–Madison}

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

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May 22, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, apes, BIO-Complexity, Brown University, Christians, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, common ancestry, crocodiles, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Developmental Cell, DNA, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, fish, Franciscan University of Steubenville, genes, genetic evidence, GULO, Günter Bechly, human chromosome 2, human genetic diversity, Kenneth Miller, National Center for Science Education, Ola Hössjer, paleontologists, Poland, pseudogenes, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, tetrapods, theistic evolution, tiktaalik}

Addressing More Icons of Theistic Evolution

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May 21, 2026

Faith & Science, Genetics, Paleontology

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Professor Kuebler doesn’t acknowledge the pattern of explosions in the fossil record, but he does cite a supposed transitional form. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biases, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Long Story Short, origin of life, Richard Lewontin, scientific debates, scientific experts}

New Long Story Short Video Explores How Non-Experts Can Assess Scientific Questions

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May 20, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A new Long Story Short video tries to answer this question: How can a non-expert assess who is right in a complex scientific debate — specifically on the question “How did life begin?” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Tagged
, biology, chromosomes, Daniel Kuebler, DNA, evolution, Franciscan University of Steubenville, genes, genome function, genomic regulation, genomics, humans, mice, molecular biologists, phylogenetic trees, synteny, synteny blocks, Theistic Evolution (book), theistic evolutionists, universal common descent}

Bad Synteny Arguments Claim “No Functional Reason” for Genomic Arrangements

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May 20, 2026

Biology, Genetics

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To skip to the punchline, Kuebler says that "species as distantly related as humans and mice share a huge array of synteny blocks." Read More ›