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Blood Viscosity and Freezing Temperatures — A Titanic Problem

Blood viscosity is the technical reason why Jack froze in less than 23 minutes, but icefish can survive for 15 years in water of a freezing temperature. Read More ›
Icefish
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Without Hemoglobin, How Do Icefish Survive the Cold? By Design

Icefish, aka the family Channichthydiae, survive at 0oC in the Southern Ocean by maintaining blood viscosity at the set point of 3.27 centipoise. Read More ›
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Kenneth Miller
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With Kenneth Miller, Behe’s Would-Be Nemesis, History Repeats Itself

The Brown University biologist is still out there, reassuring the world that unguided “evolutionary mechanisms” comfortably explain the wonders of biology. Read More ›
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At Last, the Details of How Proteins Evolve?

It is a difficult question because, setting aside many other problems, the very starting point — the protein-coding gene — is highly complex. Read More ›
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On Human Origins, Smithsonian Teaching Resources Oversell Evolution

Philosophical questions like who we are and where we came from are surely worth considering. But nothing in these documents will bring students closer to being able to do so in an informed manner. Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and the Mysterious Origin of De Novo Genes

A final case where biologist Dennis Venema deals with evidence that is irrelevant to the existence of Adam and Eve is his claim about ORFan genes. Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and Doug Axe’s Research on the Evolution of New Protein Folds

Douglas Axe is a protein scientist who has published work on the rarity of new protein folds by doing research on beta-lactamase enzymes. Read More ›

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