Tag: Arizona State University

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 26, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", amoebas, Arizona State University, complexity, culture, Daniel Dennett, Daphnia, Daphnia pulex, Darwinian evolution, evolution, genetic drift, genome, humans, Michael Lynch, microcrustaceans, mind, natural selection, random mutations, school systems, subtlety, water fleas}

No. 7 Story of 2024: Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 26, 2024

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alleles, Arizona State University, crustaceans, Daphnia pulex, Denyse O'Leary, editors, evolution, genome, hype, nucleotide diversity, selection}

Is Daphnia Evolving at “Lightning Speed”?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 12, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If this is a prime example of the transformative power of evolution, the evidence is not at all impressive. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 22, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", amoebas, Arizona State University, complexity, culture, Daniel Dennett, Daphnia, Daphnia pulex, Darwinian evolution, evolution, genetic drift, genome, humans, Michael Lynch, microcrustaceans, mind, natural selection, random mutations, school systems, subtlety, water fleas}

Decade-Long Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Darwinian Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 22, 2024

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, biologists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, creative agency, debates, Harvard University, ID the Future, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialistic science, natural selection, Owen Anderson, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, University of Glasgow}

Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 1, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 29, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, debates, events, Harvard University, ID the Future, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, Owen Anderson, podcast, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, University of Glasgow}

Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 29, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that “Origin of life research is a scam.” He later said he was only joking. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 22, 2023

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, afterlife, Arizona State University, bioRxiv, brain, burial, Chris Stringer, Dinaledi Chamber, documentary, eLife, evolution, fire, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, intelligence, La Trobe University, Lee Berger, María Martinón-Torres, micromorphology, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), paleoanthropology, peer review, religion, skeletons, The Guardian, University of Western Australia}

Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall

_{Casey Luskin
September 22, 2023

Cultural Anthropology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arizona State University, bacteria, defluorination, environmentalists, intelligent design, landfills, magnetic field, magnetotactic bacteria, Michael Behe, microbes, microorganisms, nitrogen, nitrogen fixation, plastics, Secrets of the Cell, U.C. Riverside, University of Texas, waste, Yujie Men}

Wonderful Microbes Are the Planet’s Ecosystem Engineers

_{David Coppedge
June 6, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

The few pathogens among bacteria give a bad rap to the majority that do wonderful things — for us and for our environment. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alan Turing, Arizona State University, ATP, Charles Darwin, DNA, English, enzymes, Eugene Koonin, evolution, functional synonyms, intelligent design, laptop computer, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, macroscale, memory, National Center for Biotechnology Information, neo-Darwinians, PNAS, RNA, Sara Walker, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life}

Sara Walker and Her Crew Publish the Most Interesting Biology Paper of 2022 (So Far, Anyway)

_{Paul Nelson
April 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Universal functional requirements, but without the identity of material components — sounds like design. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 28, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Arizona State University, chihuahua, Dogs, emotions, humans, intelligent design, National Geographic, sentences, signals, words}

Dogs Understand Many More Words than We Think

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 28, 2022

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

3}

Of course, the dog is responding to words as signals, not as components of sentences. Read More ›

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Date
July 14, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Arizona State University, astrobiologists, information, intelligence, intelligent design, Lee Cronin, Lex Fridman, physicists, reality, Santa Fe Institute, Sara Walker}

Sara Walker: Intelligent Design without Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
July 14, 2021

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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We’ll be watching Walker’s publications to see how much farther she can move in the direction of ID. Read More ›