Category: Life Sciences | Page 146 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cats, chimpanzees, common design, DNA, embryos, Emily Reeves, evolution, fossil record, genes, genomes, homology, horses, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, phylogenetic trees, proteins, Richard Dawkins, students, teachers, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life, Zombie Science (book)}

Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 12, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, fossil record, geological time, Henry Gee, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, phyla, punctuated equilibria, skeletons, Stephen Jay Gould, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First

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February 11, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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It is important to qualify what “consciousness” means when we are talking about bees. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Africa, Americas, camera eye, carnivorous plants, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, convergent evolution, evolution, homology, human beings, octopuses, On the Origin of Species, Simon Conway Morris, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series), UC Berkeley}

For Darwin Day, Topoisomerase Webinar With Biochemist Joe Deweese

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February 10, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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This webinar will premiere a new molecular machine animation on the topoisomerase enzyme. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, cosmos, Darwinian evolution, descent with modification, evidence, evolution, fossils, homology, molecular phylogeny, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, On the Origin of Species, Science, speciation, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

What Are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?

_{Jonathan Wells
February 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Technology

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No sane person believes that nothing changes over time, or that the cosmos, technology, and culture have no history. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, bacteria, Darwin-skeptics, Discovering Intelligent Design, evolution, fossil record, horses, Icons of Evolution, Khan Academy, macroevolution, straw man, YouTube videos}

Khan Academy “Evidence for Evolution” Video Pushes the Fake Fossil Horses Series

_{Casey Luskin
February 9, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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The video draws arrows from one species of fossil horses to the next and says “there is a constant change and we can see it directly through the fossil record.” Read More ›

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Date
February 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Baylor College of Medicine, Boston University, Cell (journal), cytoplasm, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, nuclear pore complex, nucleus, Rockefeller University, super-resolution microscopy, therapeutics, UC San Diego, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Nuclear Pore Complex Comes into Focus

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February 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Super-resolution microscopy is letting us peer even closer into the cell’s secrets, revealing awesome wonders. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, birds, circular reasoning, common ancestry, Dogs, evolution, Explore Evolution, homology, humans, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, limbs, students, teachers, vertebrates, whales}

Khan Academy Video, “Evidence for Evolution,” Gives Circular Arguments for Common Ancestry

_{Casey Luskin
February 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If you define homology as resulting from common ancestry, you can’t then turn around and use that as an argument for common ancestry. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, common ancestry, embryology, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fraud, gills, Haeckel’s embryos, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, ontogeny, phylogeny, Science (journal), Stephen Jay Gould, The Stream, YouTube videos}

“Evidence for Evolution”? Khan Academy Pushes Haeckel’s Phony Embryo Drawings

_{Casey Luskin
February 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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I’ve watched many Khan Academy videos over the years — sometimes just for fun, and sometimes to advise teachers on whether they are good tools to use. Read More ›

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