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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 29, 2015

Categories
Computational Sciences
Tagged
, __nedited, algorithmic specified complexity, computer vision, design filter, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, information theory, pattern, peer review, redundancy, Robert J. Marks, Robert J. Marks II, science, specified complexity, William A. Dembski}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Successfully Measures Specified Complexity in Computer Images

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December 29, 2015

Computational Sciences

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"Is information being created when we snap a picture of Niagara Falls?" Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 29, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ENCODE, junk DNA, Research, science, Views}

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2015: Fear of Intelligent Design Prevents Some Biologists from Accepting ENCODE

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December 29, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In Nature, Philip Ball acknowledges an "anxiety that admitting any uncertainty about the mechanisms of evolution will be exploited." Read More ›

Big white field flower Ammi majus. Bullwort, Queen Anne lace

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 28, 2015

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, algorithmic specified complexity, artificial inteligence, complexity, CSI, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Game of Life (simulation), peer review, peer-reviewed, quantification, random, Research, Robert J. Marks II, science, Shannon information, simulation tool, software, specified complexity, William A. Dembski}

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Paper Develops New Ways of Measuring Complex and Specified Information in Life

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December 28, 2015

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

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The "Game of Life" is a computer simulation that's meant to mimic living systems. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 28, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, science, video, Views}

#5 of Our Top Stories of 2015: C. elegans and the Problem of Evolving Animal Body Plans

_{Ann Gauger
December 28, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Even simple little worms have A/P and D/V axes, but how those axes get specified during development is far from simple. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 27, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, junk DNA, peer review, Research, science}

#6 of Our Top Stories of 2015: Peer-Reviewed Paper Reveals Darwin’s Unavoidable Catch-22 Problem

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December 27, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Before evolving new features, organisms would be swamped by genetic junk. Read More ›

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Date
December 26, 2015

Categories
Bioethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, __k-review, history, News, Politics, science}

#7 of Our Top Stories of 2015: "Totalitarian Science" in the Age of Obama

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December 26, 2015

Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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Political scientist John West describes the growing misuse of science to curtail basic freedoms, erode ethics, and circumvent democratic accountability. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 25, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, cancer, Health & Wellness, Research}

Merry Christmas! Here Is #8 of Our Top Stories of 2015: Fighting Cancer with Intelligent Design

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December 25, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Here is a recent letter to the editor in the New York Times, by Dr. M. William Audeh at UCLA School of Medicine. Read More ›

Bladderwort underwater with soft sunlight illuminating delicate leaves

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 24, 2015

Categories
Botany
Genetics
Tagged
, __nedited, ENCODE, eukaryotes, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, microbiology, peer review, peer-reviewed, research idea, transposons, Utricularia, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Peer-Reviewed Article on Transposable Elements Cites “Irreducible Complexity” and Other “Teleologic” Factors

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December 24, 2015

Botany, Genetics

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Plant geneticist Wolf-Ekkehard L�nnig argues that irreducibly complex structures may defy explanation by TEs or other Darwinian factors. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 24, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science, Tree of Life, Views}

#9 of Our Top Stories of 2015: Octopus Genome Is a Big Problem for Darwinism

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December 24, 2015

Evolution

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New genomes of different types of organisms are being sequenced and published on a regular basis. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 23, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science, Views}

#10 of Our Top Stories of 2015: Researcher Is Caught in a Wonderful Freudian Slip on Intelligent Design

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December 23, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Here is a video of a lecture, delivered last year at Case Western University, by University of Akron origin-of-life researcher Nita Sahai. Read More ›