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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, astrobiology, bacteria, Canada, cell division, Chandra Wickramasinghe, common ancestry, common design, DNA replication, eukaryotes, fossil record, genetic code, genomes, Greenland, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, Nature Ecology and Evolution, prokaryotes, Ribosome, ScienceAlert, Stephen Jay Gould, Western Australia}

Study Finds Life’s Origin “Required a Surprisingly Short Interval of Geologic Time”

_{Casey Luskin
July 18, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It’s certainly not impossible that life was already present on Earth at 4.2 Ga. And if it were true it would have intriguing implications. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, anaphase, Babylonians, bacterial flagellum, cell biology, cell division, centrosomes, Chinese, chromosomes, cowboys, cows, intelligent design, interphase, metaphase, Michael Behe, mitosis, molecules, outboard motor, PNAS, prophase, regulators, Romans, scientism, Taiwan, telophase}

Herding Chromosomes in the Mitosis Corral

_{David Coppedge
July 8, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The molecules of life do much more than convey information. They combine and impose physical forces on each other in intricate, functional ways. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 1, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biomolecules, Brian Keating, Closer to Truth, dark energy, dark matter, Discovery Institute, disinformation, EurekAlert!, evidence, homochirality, intelligent design, James Tour, Justin Brierley, living cells, natural processes, nucleosynthesis, particle physics, RNA, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Science Daily, stars, Stephen Meyer, universe}

From Scientists and Science Media, a Flood of Disinformation

_{Eric Hedin
April 1, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Spending time perusing popular science media outlets can give one the impression that much of science is on the verge of being overturned. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 11, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Assembly Theory, Brian Miller, carbohydrates, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, debates, Discovery Institute, early Earth, enzymes, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, lipids, nucleotides, polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Professor Dave, Rice University, RNA, roundtable, side chains, specified information, University of Glasgow}

Another War of Words: Jim Tour and Lee Cronin at Harvard

_{Casey Luskin
January 11, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Tour didn’t shout. He didn’t call anyone an “idiot.” He never called Cronin a “bad chemist.” And Tour’s scientific challenges were entirely reasonable. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, biological systems, Biomimetics, Bristol University, chicken-and-egg problem, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Dartmouth College, Denton, evolution, Evolution (journal), flexibility, heuristic, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Judeo-Christian tradition, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Marcos Eberlin, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, pelvis, pentadactyl design, proteins, ribosomes, RNA, Stephen Jay Gould, strength, Stuart Burgess, Texas, whales, Zombie Science (book)}

Systems Biology Cracks Life’s Engineered Intricacies — A Report from CELS

_{Jonathan Witt
January 10, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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The cherished evolutionary story of whales' “vestigial” pelvic bones joins the growing pile of discredited icons of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Australia, automaton, chicken, chicken-and-egg problem, complexity, Cyanobacteria, DNA, egg, elementary particles, evolution, Granville Sewell, instruction manual, intelligent design, John von Neumann, Model T, natural processes, paradox, Robert Gange, universe}

Evolution’s Chicken and Egg Problem — Explained

_{Eric Hedin
January 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The conclusion based on a mathematical analysis of self-replication is that asking which came first, the chicken or the egg, is getting way ahead of the game. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 3, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, biological systems, cell division, cells, decision-making, gene expression, Gregory T. Reeves, hardware, intelligent design, lipids, neo-Darwinian processes, nucleic acids, Paper Digest, protein synthesis, software}

Paper Digest: Standard Engineering Principles as a Predictive Framework for Biology

_{Emily Reeves
January 3, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Human designing and building have resulted in lists of standard engineering principles which must be followed to produce efficient, robust systems. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biological information, cells, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, deadline, early Earth, enantiomerically pure, experts, glucose, handedness, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, monosaccharides, nucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Rice University, RNA, sugars, Tova Forman, YouTubers}

No. 4 Story of 2023: On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Called These Researchers’ Bluff

_{Brian Miller
December 29, 2023

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

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Dr. Tour issued his challenge in reply to the claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, beta-lactamase, biologic institute, Brian Miller, Cambridge, Dennis Venema, designer, Douglas Axe, E. coli, Emily Reeves, enzyme, evolution, evolutionary theory, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, New Scientist, No Free Lunch theorems, preconditions, protein folds, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), Unbelievable, universe}

Defending Douglas Axe on the Rarity of Protein Folds

_{Brian Miller and Casey Luskin
November 29, 2023

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The following examination and defense of Dr. Axe serves as a direct, empirical test of Rope Kojonen’s design hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, Casey Luskin, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary mechanisms, functional sequences, functionality, functions, intelligent design, isolation, Jupiter, laws of nature, No Free Lunch theorems, planets, protein evolution, proteins, rarity, Rope Kojonen, sequence space, spacecraft, stars, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Proteins Are Rare and Isolated — And Thus, Cannot Evolve

_{Brian Miller
November 20, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Here is a simple analogy. Imagine a planetary rover lands on the north pole of a planet, and the humans controlling it wish to drive to the south pole. Read More ›