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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
May 6, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, caterpillar, chocolate, intelligent design, love, mutations, natural selection, neutral evolution, pattern, population, proteins, sequence space}

Love, Chocolate, and Neutral Evolution

_{Ann Gauger
May 6, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Neutral evolution means mutations are occurring all the time, and most of the time they are neutral, or nearly neutral. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 5, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Origin of Life
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, A Christmas Carol, ATP synthase, Charles Dickens, chemical bonds, chemists, DNA, early Earth, energy production, entropy, enzymes, fluctuation theorems, free energy, genome, India, Inference (journal), information, information processing, James Tour, Jeremy England, media, MIT, molecular machines, molecules, nanotechnology, natural processes, physicists, ribozymes, self-replication, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Inference Article Demonstrates Implausibility of Natural Processes for Explaining the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
May 5, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Origin of Life

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The piece is highly technical and mathematical, but the basic argument can be quickly summarized with only a marginal loss of technical accuracy. Read More ›

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Date
May 2, 2020

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
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, earth, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Denton, planetary fine-tuning, podcast, Privileged Species, The Wonder of Water, water}

How Water’s Chemistry Helps Make Life on Earth Possible

_{Science and Culture
May 2, 2020

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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Water possesses many unique properties that appear finely tuned to allow for life on Earth. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 1, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Dan Graur, ENCODE, Evolution News, fitness, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, molecular evolution, mutations, predictions, Science (journal), University of Houston}

Paper Shows that “Mutational Load” Arguments Don’t Refute ENCODE

_{Casey Luskin
May 1, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Perhaps one of ENCODE’s staunchest critics has been Dan Graur, a molecular evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
May 1, 2020

Categories
Biology
Philosophy
Science Education
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, Christians, classroom, college, Darwinian evolution, Discovering Intelligent Design, Discovery Institute, education, Explore Evolution, high school, public education, science, textbooks}

How to Teach Evolution in a Public School — My Experience

_{Daniel Reeves
May 1, 2020

Biology, Philosophy, Science Education

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What did I do? Well, I introduced the course by holding a lengthy discussion about the difference between science and philosophy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 30, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Cambridge University, celebrities, cosmic fine-tuning, Dan Brown, discount, DiscoveryU, intelligent design, mind, Neil deGrasse Tyson, online course, Stephen Meyer}

“MasterClass” with Stephen Meyer; 25 Percent Discount Ends at Midnight on April 30

_{David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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What if you want to learn about something a little meatier — in fact about the ultimate questions that have troubled human beings from the inception of our species? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 30, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, anagenesis, Ann Gauger, annus horribilis, Associated Press, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Bernard Wood, BIO-Complexity, Denisovans, Ethiopia, genetic diversity, gradualism, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Nature (journal), Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropology, population genetics, primates, punctuated equilibrium, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Magazine, Tim White}

A Disappointing Decade for the Study of Human Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
April 30, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Perhaps in ten years we’ll be having this conversation again — and perhaps at that time the Smithsonian Institution will give us all a more objective analysis of the evidence. Read More ›

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Date
April 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Darwinism, documentary, evolution, human dignity, Human Zoos, ID the Future, John West, materialism, meaning, nature, podcast, scientific racism, Western culture}

John West: How Evolution Drained Meaning from Nature

_{Science and Culture
April 29, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution, Political Science

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if you are not among the 600,000+ people who have seen the multiple award-winning documentary Human Zoos, from Discovery Institute and Dr. West, find it here. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Brian Miller, C.S. Lewis, Center for Science and Culture, coronavirus, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, John West, lockdown, pandemic, Politicians, Psalms, religion, Robert J. Marks II, science, scientism, scientists, Walter Bradley Center}

“Follow the Science”? Free Webinar, May 16, on Scientism and Society

_{David Klinghoffer
April 29, 2020

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Origin of Life

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In discussions of the virus, you probably have noticed the prominent use of strangely religious-sounding pleas — “Follow the science!” “Listen to the scientists!” Read More ›

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Date
April 29, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, A Fortunate Universe, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Children of Light, cosmic fine-tuning, Geraint Lewis, Guillermo Gonzalez, habitability, heavy elements, Jay Richards, law of gravity, Luke A. Barnes, Michael Denton, natural constants, Paul Dirac, photosynthesis, physicists, planetary fine-tuning, Science Advances, stars, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water}

Are Cosmic and Planetary Fine-Tuning Constant?

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April 29, 2020

Physical Sciences

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The stability of atoms, stars, and people depends on finely tuned physical laws and constants in the local universe. But are they fixed throughout space and time? Read More ›