Tag: biochemists

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacterial flagella, biochemists, bioinformatics, debates, demarcation criteria, DNA, Douglas Axe, falsifiability, glacial-interglacial cycles, God of the gaps, ID the Future, irreducibly complex systems, Keith Fox, Michael Behe, Peter S. Williams, philosophers, predictions, protein folds, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Tim McGrew, type III secretion system, Unbelievable?}

Debating Intelligent Design, Critic Keith Fox Is Still Stuck on Old Talking Points

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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With DNA replication, it is unclear what other systems any of the components might be co-opted from. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, adenine, biochemists, E. coli, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness, fossil record, gene, gene transcription, genes, genetics, genotype, homology, information, James Tour, lactose, Michael Behe, natural selection, promoter, random mutations, regulatory control, researchers, Rice University, S. cerevisiae, tryptophan, W303, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series), yeast, YouTube videos}

On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

_{Rob Stadler
February 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

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In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, biochemistry, biochemists, Biola University, biomolecules, biosphere, cancer, Darwin Devolves, Discovery Institute, diseases, drugs, humans, intelligent design, Karl Krueger, medicine, Michael Behe, Research, Richard Gunasekera, Scientific Reports, Tree of Life}

Discovery Institute-Funded Paper in Scientific Reports Applies an ID-Inspired Approach to Cancer

_{Casey Luskin
October 16, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Humans have bioengineered many drugs to fight cancer. We’ve all seen this: Many cancer drugs may work but they often have devastating side effects. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 4, 2025

Categories
Arts
Biology
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, biochemists, cell phones, computers, David Klinghoffer, DNA, electrical engineering, engineering, genome, intelligence, intelligent design, Internet, life, organisms, Plato's Revenge, programming, radios, Richard Sternberg, smart phones, Stephen Iacoboni, technology, violin, Wendell Berry, William Shakespeare}

Biology, Like Technology, Requires “Something More”

_{Eric Hedin
September 4, 2025

Arts, Biology, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Even when formed to perfection, a violin will not “hale souls out of men’s bodies” unless a master musician draws the bow across the strings. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, Children of Light, circulation, coincidences, doctors, electromagnetic radiation, fine-tuning, Fire-Maker, light, metabolism, Michael Denton, photosynthesis, plate tectonics, Sarah Chaffee, sun, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, universe, water, wavelength}

We Are Children of Light and Water: Dr. Michael Denton

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 10, 2025

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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“In this vast range, there’s only one…infinitesimally small band which has the right energy for photosynthesis,” a prerequisite for human life. Coincidence? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemists, chemicals, Children of Light, coincidences, Discovery Institute, doctors, Fire-Maker, human beings, intelligent design, Michael Denton, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, sun, sunlight, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water}

How Light Sustains Human Life: Michael Denton Explains

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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“The atmosphere lets through just the light we need,” says Denton, “and the sun puts out just the light we need." Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Amazon, astronomer, beavers, biochemists, biology, chance, elements, evolution, gods, helium, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, Laurence Moran, life, necessity, New York City, Occam’s razor, On the Origin of Species, parsimony, skyscraper, smartphones, special creation, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Stonehenge, will}

How Did the Designer Do It?

_{Daniel Witt
July 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, biology, Darwinism, DNA, heuristic, junk DNA, junk RNA, lncRNAs, mRNA, Nobel Prize, predictions, proteins, RNA, scientific progress}

Nobelist Thomas Cech on “Junk RNA”

_{Daniel Witt
March 28, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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We can add this prominent biochemist to the ever-growing list of scientists who reject the “junk DNA” paradigm. Or, more pertinently, the junk RNA paradigm. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
August 20, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, biochemists, biological origins, biologists, Charles Darwin, computer science, Darwinism, engineers, evolution, intelligent design, mathematician, Michael Behe, paleontologists}

On Evolution, Mathematicians Need Not Be Silent

_{Granville Sewell
August 20, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

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"I know a good many mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists who, like me, are appalled [by] Darwin's explanation for the development of life." Read More ›

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Date
March 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biochemists, biologists, Eric Anderson, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Science (journal), Secrets of the Cell}

Michael Behe: A Mousetrap for Darwin

_{Science & Culture
March 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The Lehigh University biochemist answers misconceptions about irreducible complexity, and responds to the claim that “molecular machines” is a misnomer. Read More ›