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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
November 5, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, activism, cell biology, common descent, Darwin on Trial, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, evolution, Jonathan Wells, molecular biology, natural selection, Phillip E. Johnson, random variations, U.C. Berkeley, Zombie Science (book)}

Meeting Phil Johnson at Berkeley

_{Jonathan Wells
November 5, 2019

Evolution

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As a biology graduate student, I had seen first-hand some of the alleged evidence for the “fact” of common descent. Read More ›

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Jonathan Wells

Date
September 13, 2019

Categories
Life Sciences
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, __edited, chromosomes, eggs, female, gender, genitalia, homosexuality, male, NBC News, penguins}

Is Gender in Penguins a Human Construct?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 13, 2019

Life Sciences

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Penguins have no external genitalia. Even as adults, the males and females can be difficult to tell apart. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 15, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, amniotes, causal circularity, cervix, DNA, evolution, foresight, homology, homoplasy, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, paleontologists, placental mammals, proteins, punctuated equilibria, RNA, Royal Society, Stephen Jay Gould}

An Unintended Endorsement of Marcos Eberlin’s New Book, Foresight

_{Jonathan Wells
May 15, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Some reviews that try to make a book look bad are so ill-informed and malicious that they actually make a good book look better. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Corvette, Daniel Nicholson, Darwinism, evolution, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, kinesin, machine metaphor, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, organisms, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy of biology, protein machines, proteins, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, software, Tim Berra, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery

_{Jonathan Wells
February 15, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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French philosopher René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
January 14, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Aquinas.design, Colombia, English, evolution, genes, Genesis, human intelligence, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Michael Chaberek, Richard Sternberg, Roman Catholic, Spanish}

Science and Faith — A Report from Colombia

_{Jonathan Wells
January 14, 2019

Faith & Science

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Rick Sternberg and I agreed that this was one of the best conferences we had ever attended. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, common ancestor, DNA, dolphins, education, fruit flies, humans, mice, mutations, Nature (journal), neo-Darwinian theory, orphan genes, phylogeny, primates, Tree of Life, University of Utah, video, water fleas, whales, yeast}

Evolution Miseducation at the University of Utah

_{Jonathan Wells
January 4, 2019

Evolution, Science Education

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If you want your sons and daughters to be well educated about evolution, then hope their biology teachers don’t rely on materials from the Genetic Science Learning Center. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, BioLogos, cancer, cells, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, genes, great apes, humans, intelligent design, Iron Age, iron ore, mutations, S. Joshua Swamidass, theology, tumor}

Does Cancer Disprove Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
August 20, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Is it true, as one critics says, that “cancer regularly innovates with proteins of novel function”? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, bears, blowhole, body temperature, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, diving, dolphin, evolution, Indohyus, intelligent design, lungs, mammals, milk, nitrogen, sea lion, testes, whales}

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

_{Jonathan Wells
July 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions of his book, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Brigham Young University, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinian theory, development, Discovery Institute, DNA, embryology, evolution, genes, homologous features, pseudonym, Research, Tom Bethell, UC Berkeley}

Darwin’s House of Cards Gets Praise — And Underinformed Criticism

_{Jonathan Wells
July 9, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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As Tom Bethell points out, there is a lot more to living things than their DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 26, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, biologists, birth, blood vessels, brain, Darwinism, evolution, fetus, humans, marsupials, octopuses, ostrich, placental mammals, prosthetics, retina, Richard Dawkins, vertebrates}

The Perfect Human Body?

_{Jonathan Wells
June 26, 2018

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For English anatomist Alice Roberts, however, the human body is a “hodge-podge” of parts assembled in an “untidy” fashion “with no foresight” by evolution. Read More ›