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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ATP hydrolysis, cell division, centrosomes, chromatids, chromosomes, Discovery Institute, dynein, irreducibly complex systems, kinesin, mitosis, mitotic cell division, mitotic spindle, molecular machines, molecular motor, phosphorylation, spindle}

Astounding: The Role of Motor Proteins in Cell Division

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A crucial aspect of mitosis is the movement of chromosomes — initially the alignment of as paired sister chromatids during prometaphase and metaphase. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Sternberg

Date
May 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Daniel Stern Cardinale, debate, DNA, Endogenous retroviruses, evolution, evolutionary history, function, genome, human genome, intelligent design, introns, junk DNA, non-coding DNA, peer-reviewed, persistent scientific errors, pseudogenes, repetitive DNA, RNA, Rutgers University, transposons}

Here’s a Far from Exhaustive (Yet Still Exhausting) List of Papers Discovering Function for “Junk” DNA

_{Richard Sternberg, Jonathan McLatchie, and Casey Luskin
May 1, 2024

Evolution, Genetics

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The list contains over 800 papers which are divided into categories according to the type of genetic element for which they focus on finding function. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", Center for Science and Culture, complexity, designer, DNA, enzymes, evidence, evolutionary processes, fiber optic cables, helicase, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Müller cells, organisms, replication, retina, topoisomerase}

Is Complexity an Argument Against Design?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Often these claims that “no designer would have done it that way” dissolve on closer inspection. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP hydrolysis, bacteriophages, DNA, DNA polymerase, DNA replication, Drew Berry, E. coli, early Earth, evolution, helicase, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, molecular machines, nanotechnology, naturalism, nucleotides, Oxford University Press, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, topoisomerase}

The DNA Replisome: A Paradigm of Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 21, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One can hardly appeal to natural selection to account for the origins of DNA replication without assuming the existence of the thing one seeks to explain. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agency, ATP synthase, bacterial cell division, bacterial flagellar motor, bacterial flagellum, biofilm, chemotaxis, chess, Design Inference, DNA replication, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, Ireland, Irreducible Complexity, mousetrap, natural selection, syllogism, theism}

A Misguided Critique of Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Danaher’s critiques of irreducible complexity are poorly informed and based on misunderstandings of intelligent design and what its key defenders argue. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 6, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, education, environmental fitness, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Ireland, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, motives, Phillip E. Johnson, prior probability, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, William A. Dembski}

Are Proponents of ID Religiously Motivated, and Does It Matter?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 6, 2024

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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If Danaher wants to scrutinize the religious motives of ID proponents, we have to consider what such a line of attack would do to evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bacteria, blood vessels, body heat, body temperature, brain, catalysis, enzymes, evolution, heat, infection, inflammation, intelligent design, muscles, neurons, skin, temperature, thermostats, white blood cells}

In Its Design, the Body’s Thermostat Resembles Human Technology

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 26, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The existence of thermostatic control of our body temperature is not at all surprising supposing life to be the product of a purposeful engineer. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 21, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, carnivorous plants, Charles Darwin, Cologne, convergence, Darwin's Black Box, digestion, enzymes, evolution, Germany, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, morphology, nutrients, On the Origin of Species, prey, tentacles, Utricularia, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Carnivory in Plants: A Problem for Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 21, 2024

Anatomy, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The paper highlights features of carnivorous plants that exhibit irreducible complexity, a characteristic of designed systems, citing the work of Michael Behe. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Alpha Centauri, argument from ignorance, atheism, biological information, complex life, consciousness, David Klinghoffer, Frank Turek, honesty, human consciousness, intelligent causes, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, moral choice, natural laws, natural theology, naturalism, philosophers, Richard Swinburne, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, theism, Twitter, Victor Reppert}

Atheist Philosopher Explains Why Intelligent Design Is Not a “God of the Gaps” Argument

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 20, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Despite our many disagreements, I sincerely appreciate Lowder’s spirit and intellectual honesty. I hope the next generation of secular thinkers follow his lead. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, birth, calcium ions, chromosomes, cilia, egg, embryonic development, fallopian tube, fertilization, glycoprotein, humans, intelligent design, meiosis, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm cells, uterus}

The Exquisite Design of Egg Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 8, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Oogenesis (the process of egg cell formation) begins during embryonic development when the primordial germ cells are specified. Read More ›