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Author
Michael Behe

Date
October 2, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Arizona State University, cetaceans, chloroquine resistance, Darwin Devolves, devolution, DNA, dolphins, evolution, gene loss, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Italy, macroevolution, malaria, microevolution, Paul Davies, Paul Nelson, Richard Lenski, University of Connecticut, University of Glasgow, whales}

Darwin Devolves — Evidence Keeps Rolling In

_{Michael Behe
October 2, 2019

Evolution

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The second paper is an in-depth look at genetic changes associated with the evolution of whales and dolphins. They found a lot of devolution. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
June 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, codon, Darwin Devolves, devolution, dog breeds, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary mechanism, genes, genetic changes, humans, legs, muscle, mutations, muzzle, PNAS, researchers, wolves}

Puppy Dog Eyes for Darwin

_{Michael Behe
June 19, 2019

Evolution

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A study in PNAS has gotten tons of affectionate press, probably because puppies are so darned cute. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Charles Darwin, conservatism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, infanticide, J.B.S. Haldane, Jerry Coyne, John Maynard Smith, Joseph Stalin, National Review, Northern Illinois University, Northwestern University, On the Origin of Species, Politics, Razib Khan, Richard Lenski, Sigmund Freud, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Pinker}

Déjà Vu at National Review

_{Michael Behe
May 14, 2019

Biology, Science Reporting

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Some guy once wrote that there’s nothing new under the sun. He must have had political conservatives’ pro-Darwin arguments in mind. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
April 12, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteriophages, Darwin Devolves, E. coli, enhancers, evolution, FCT, Functional-Coded-elemenT, insulators, lambda, LTEE, MacArthur Fellow, Michigan State University, National Academy of Sciences, OmpF, promoters, Richard Lenski, Science (journal), Sean Carroll, Telliamed Revisited, The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Can’t Anybody Here Make Distinctions?

_{Michael Behe
April 12, 2019

Biology, Evolution

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Professor Lenski revisits a series of experiments on the bacteriophage lambda begun by his lab around 2012. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 29, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, E. coli, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, flexibility, Functional-Coded-elemenT, gain of function, genes, genetic information, hemoglobin, high fat diet, Long Term Evolution Experiment, loss of function, LTEE, MacArthur Fellow, mice, Michigan State University, mutations, National Academy of Sciences, polar bears, proteins, ribose operon, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Yersinia pestis}

Thanks, Professor Lenski, the LTEE Is Doing Great!

_{Michael Behe
March 29, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Lenski agrees that the beneficial mutations seen in his Long Term Evolution Experiment are overwhelmingly degradative or loss-of-function ones. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amber Rice, ATP synthase, BackReaction, bacterial flagellum, biologists, cells, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution (journal), fiber optic cables, genes, Greg Lang, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Clerk Maxwell, Lehigh University, Lost in Math, machines, molecular machines, Mr. Spock, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, On the Origin of Species, organisms, planthopper, proteins, public opinion, Richard Lenski, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientists, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

_{Michael Behe
March 26, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 25, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ALX1, Amber Rice, birds, birth defects, cichlid fish, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, Evolution (journal), evolutionary biologists, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, Galápagos finches, genes, Greg Lang, Lake Victoria, Lehigh University, mutations, nucleotides, Peter Grant, proteins, Rosemary Grant, Sangeet Lamichhaney, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 2

_{Michael Behe
March 25, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Lang and Rice cite a number of articles to show that loss-of-function mutations are just a small minority of those found in studies of organisms. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 22, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amber Rice, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, degradative mutations, DNA, DNA repair, Dogs, E. coli, evolution, Evolution (journal), First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, glucose, Greg Lang, Journal of Molecular Evolution, laboratory, Lehigh University, Lenski lab, loss-of-function mutations, machines, malaria, microbes, nature, Plasmodium falciparum, polar bear, proteins, Richard Lenski, wooly mammoth, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 1

_{Michael Behe
March 22, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Their review pretty much completely misses the mark. Nonetheless, it is a good illustration of how sincere-yet-perplexed professional evolutionary biologists view the data. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, David Snoke, E. coli, Ebola, FedEx, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, HIV, malaria, Michael Lynch, Michigan State University, mutation rate, polar bears, population size, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, tiktaalik, tinkering, turtles, viruses, waiting-time problem, Yersinia pestis}

For Dreams of Darwinian Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution Is an Insuperable Problem

_{Michael Behe
March 14, 2019

Evolution

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Professor Lenski’s contrasting of the frequency versus importance of evolutionary changes is misconceived and his illustrations are inapt. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 12, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bacterial flagellum, Bible, birds, blood-clotting cascade, creationists, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, Darwinian theory, dinosaurs, Discovery Institute, evolution, feathers, First Amendment, Giraffe, hemoglobin, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jerry Coyne, Joe Thornton, myoglobin, New York Times, okapi, planthopper, Richard Dawkins, Rube Goldberg, The Edge of Evolution, University of Chicago, Washington Post, Wedge Document}

Bullet Points for Jerry Coyne

_{Michael Behe
March 12, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Alas, Coyne’s review of Darwin Devolves has too little intellectual content to sustain any real engagement. Read More ›