August_Weismann-2 Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date August 16, 2019 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __edited, August Weismann, Barry Hall, blasphemy, central dogma, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, dogmatism, evidence, Francis Crick, heresy, ideology, John Cairns, Lamarckian theory, Luther College, Martin Luther, Matti Leisola, Max Delbrück, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orthodoxy, Richard Lenski, Roman Catholic, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms The Ideological Nature of Darwinian Evolution Robert Shedinger August 16, 2019 Evolution 6 Orthodoxy and heresy are not synonyms for true and false, and sometimes the truth might lie with the heretics. Read More ›
Frances Arnold Type post Author Matti Leisola Date October 4, 2018 CategoriesChemistryIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Artificial Selection, bacteria, Barry Hall, bioengineering, biotechnology, Caltech, directed evolution, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, gene, Heretic, intelligent design, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, New York Times, Nobel Prize, pharmaceuticals, proteins, The Edge of Evolution, theistic evolution How the 2018 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Harnessed Intelligent Design Matti Leisola October 4, 2018 Chemistry, Intelligent Design 5 There is one point of confusion in descriptions of this year’s prize winners. It’s the talk of “directed evolution.” Read More ›
epigenetic-inheritance-in-fruit-flies Type post Author Cornelius Hunter Date August 1, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionScience Tagged , __k-review, Barry Hall, Cornell University, egg cells, epigenetics, evolution, germ line, John Cairns, Lamarckism, somatic cells, sperm Evolution’s Third Rail — Transgenerational Epigenetics Can Have a Profound Impact Cornelius Hunter August 1, 2017 Evolution, Science 4 It is an enormous problem to explain how such capabilities evolved. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Behe Date May 12, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, adaptive mutations, Barry Hall, citrate, contingency, dishonesty, E. coli, Elizabeth Pennisi, epigenetic change, genetic changes, hype, loss-of-function mutations, LTEE, media, motivated reasoning, peer review, public opinion, Richard Lenski, science journalism, Science News, science reporting, Scott Minnich, speciation Richard Lenski and Citrate Hype — Now Deflated Michael Behe May 12, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Science Reporting 8 For more than 25 years, Lenski's lab has grown a dozen lines of the bacterium E. coli in small culture flasks. Read More ›
