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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 9, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alternative splicing, body plans, brain, diseases, evolution, function, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, Live Science, monkeys, mutations, Nature (journal), Nature Ecology & Evolution, Scientific American}

How “Junk” DNA Got Its Function: Evolutionary Tales Fail to Convince

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August 9, 2024

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Earlier this year there was a flurry of stories about how “junk DNA” may explain why humans don’t have tails. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
Tagged
, archaea, ATP, bacteria, complexity, ecosystem, evolution, genes, genome, Immune System, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, metabolism, molecular biology, Nature Ecology & Evolution, prokaryotes, protein-coding genes, Science (journal), viruses, Washington Post}

“That Is a Lot of Evolution”: Study Finds LUCA Required 2,600 Genes

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August 8, 2024

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One scientist commented, “LUCA was a very complex cell, with a genome similar to modern bacteria." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ancient world, Bronze Age, chemical evolution, DNA, intelligent design, James Tour, materialistic science, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

“Beyond Evolution”: Where James Tour and Stephen Meyer Disagree

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August 5, 2024

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When you plant an inert, seemingly dead thing — a seed — in the ground, and it grows to be a flower, what has just happened? Life has happened. But why? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autism, cancer, disease, Dr. Dan, function, genes, illness, intelligent design, junk DNA, mutations, non-coding DNA, schizophrenia, Stanford University, transcriptome}

Disease-Associated “Junk” DNA Is Evidence of Function

_{Casey Luskin
August 5, 2024

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When you mess with the “junk,” the result is problems. That doesn’t sound like junk DNA to me. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 1, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, architecture, BioEssays, biological systems, cells, chance, DNA polymerase, Energy, engineers, enzymes, gene regulation, intelligence, intelligent design, kinase, metabolites, natural world, random processes, Ribosome, RNA polymerase}

Review Article Explores Design Patterns in Biological Cells

_{Emily Reeves
August 1, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Living cells are strong candidates for being seen as aspects of the natural world resulting from design by an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, Asa Gray, athletes, blood, blood pressure, blood vessels, calcium, carbon dioxide, Charles Darwin, circulatory system, Communications Biology, Darwin’s Bluff, embryo, evolution, glucose, great apes, heart, heart rate, humans, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, natural selection, oxygen, placenta, potassium, Robert Shedinger, selective pressure, Steve Laufmann, temperature, Your Designed Body}

Exposing the Heart of Neo-Darwinism

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July 30, 2024

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At complete rest, for your organs and tissues to work properly, your heart must pump out about five liters of blood per minute. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, accident, creator, Daniel Witt, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, evolution, genes, goal, intelligent design, life, meaning, molecules, Nature (journal), Oxford University, purpose, Richard Dawkins, teleology, The Selfish Gene}

Oxford Biologist Denis Noble: “The Fact Is that I Think Neo-Darwinism Is Dead”

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July 30, 2024

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I respect Denis Noble and in disagreeing with him I do not mean to slight his deep insights into how biology works. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, assembly, atoms, BIO-Complexity, biosignatures, blueprint, cell death, complexity, crystals, fingers, Lee Cronin, Leslie Orgel, molecules, Nature (journal), peptide bond, Professor Dave, Santa Fe Institute, Sara Walker, The Origins of Life, theoretical biology}

Disassembling Lee Cronin’s Assembly Theory

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July 26, 2024

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When I read the Assembly Theory literature and studied the details of the theory, I was frankly shocked to see how devoid it is of substance and insight. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, atmosphere, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Ediacaran, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Hallucigenia, Nature Geoscience, oxygen, oxygenation}

Fossil Friday: Cambrian Explosion Bingo Continues

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July 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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What if scientists were to discover next month that there was no oxygenation in the Cambrian but the exact opposite? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, dialogue, epigenetic information, Eric Davidson, evo-devo, evolution, Evolution News, genes, intelligent design, phenotype, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience, transmutation}

On Developmental Gene Regulatory Networks, the Scientific Literature Supports Stephen Meyer

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July 25, 2024

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Mutations in genes that affect body plan characteristics don’t lead to new body plans — they lead to dead embryos. Read More ›