Category: Life Sciences | Page 144 | Science and Culture Today

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Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Discovery Institute, economics, FreedomFest, George Gilder, Human Zoos, ID the Future, John West, Las Vegas, podcast, totalitarian science}

More Dangers of Totalitarian Science

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February 28, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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George Gilder raises concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) — but not the usual economic ones. Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biston betularia, Charles Darwin, Colorado, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetic information, hopeful monster, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, positive selection, saltation, Stephen Meyer, UC Santa Barbara, Zombie Science (book)}

No “Hopeful Monster,” Flower Demonstrates Evolution by Subtraction

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February 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Evolutionary biologists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, noticed something peculiar about the columbines in a region of Colorado. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
February 25, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Casey Luskin, chloroquine resistance, circular reasoning, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, Milky Way, Plasmodium falciparum, PZ Myers, Robert L. Summers, Sean Carroll, Stephen Jay Gould, The Edge of Evolution, University of Toronto}

How Much Can Evolution Really Accomplish?

_{Eric H. Anderson
February 25, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Unsatisfied with circular evolutionary arguments and lazy reasoning, Michael Behe decided to pose his question to the real-world data. Read More ›

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Date
February 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, entropy, evolution, genes, learning, natural selection, Neural Networks, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Theodosius Dobzhansky, thermodynamics, Thomas Malthus, universe, vitalism}

Origin of Life Is Not Reducible to Physics

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February 24, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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This continues an evaluation of a proposal that treats natural selection as a law of physics that is applicable to the entire universe. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Elliott Sober, Eric Cassell, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, Granville Sewell, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Kirk Durston, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, neo-Darwinian theory, No Free Lunch, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, punctuated equilibria, Richard Weikart, RNA, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, vitalism, William A. Dembski}

Evolution Is Not Like Physics

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics

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A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.” Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2022

Categories
Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, Big Data, chihuahua, China, conservation, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinism, eukaryotes, evolution, genomes, intelligent design, medicine, Paul Chien, phylogenetics, PNAS, species, Sweden, United States}

Will Earth BioGenome Project Vindicate Darwin?

_{Science & Culture
February 22, 2022

Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Compare the latest project to sequence everything to other megaprojects that may or may not answer evolutionary questions. Read More ›

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Date
February 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, English, evolution, free speech, Germany, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent design, Lehigh University, podcast, Ray Bohlin, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Wikipedia}

A Darwin Day Exhibit Backfires

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February 19, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Hear the story of how leading German paleo-entomologist and Darwinist Günter Bechly became convinced of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis thaliana, cabbage, Darwin-skeptics, DNA, evolution, genome, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, mutation rate, mutations, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, waiting-time problem}

New Study in Nature Showing “Non-Random” Mutation Spells Trouble for Neo-Darwinism

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February 18, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, circular reasoning, Darwinian gradualism, evolution, fossil record, homology, mutations, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

Darwin’s One Wrong Argument

_{Jonathan Wells
February 18, 2022

Evolution, Life Sciences

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Fom the standpoint of empirical science, continued claims that the evidence for evolution is “incontrovertible” might be better termed one long bluff. Read More ›

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Date
February 17, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cinderella, disease, Drosophila, ENCODE, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, junk DNA, Michael Denton, natural selection, parasites, Paul Nelson, retroviruses, The Scientist, transposable elements, transposons}

Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect

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February 17, 2022

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation. Read More ›