Tag: BioEssays

Glittering dna helix with golden particles in a biotech concept

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acetyl tags, biochemical functionality, BioEssays, biological codes, Biological Theory, biology, code, control, convergence, DNA, ENCODE project, evolution, First Things, Forrest Mims, Francis Collins, genes, Genome Biology and Evolution, Human Genome Project, information, information compression, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, methyl tags, Michael Levin, mind, ontogenetic information, paradigm shift, phylogenetic signal, phylogenomic conflict, Platonism, random mutations, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), science stopper, Simon Conway Morris, Taking Stock at 30 (series), Third Way of Evolution, Tufts University, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Thirty Years of Intelligent Design Predicting the Unexpected Genome

_{Casey Luskin
August 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Jonathan Wells’s review was important, but it only scratches the surface of information in biology outside of the DNA. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, algorithm, Ariel Chipman, Artificial Selection, balancing selection, BioEssays, Cambrian Explosion, co-option, conservation, Darwin Devolves, Dyna Rochmyaningsih, evolution, Galápagos Islands, gene duplication, genetic drift, genetic mutations, Hugo de Vries, hybridization, introgression, John Sanford, John Templeton Foundation, magic, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mount improbable, Mutant Ninja Turtles, natural selection, negative selection, Owen D. Jones, personification, Phillip E. Johnson, polyploidy, process, programming, pterosaur, purifying selection, Richard Lewontin, Robert Hazen, Spiderman, stabilizing selection, Stuff Happens Law, subfunctionalization, survival of the fittest, The Design Inference, Tom Bethell, tuatara, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Evolutionists Need a Refresher Course in Natural Selection

_{David Coppedge
June 9, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Abuses of the concept of natural selection abound not only in science news but in scientific papers in major journals as well. It’s time for a remedial course. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 3, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, BioEssays, biologists, chemistry, chromosomes, DNA, exons, geometry, introns, James Tour, junk DNA, non-B DNA, OSIRIS-REx, topologically associating domains, Yahoo News!}

A Fake Headline, and a Real One, About DNA

_{Casey Luskin
November 3, 2025

Genetics, Intelligent Design

5}

Did you get that? “Cake,” I believe, is supposed to mean life. So obviously on earth we have cake. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioEssays, disease, ENCODE, function, junk DNA, non-coding DNA, paradigm shift, Research, scientific literature}

Defending Our Literature Survey on Function for Junk DNA

_{Casey Luskin
August 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Our list only scratches the surface of the literature, and you can’t negate the existence of that body of literature through a few complaints. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 1, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, architecture, BioEssays, biological systems, cells, chance, DNA polymerase, Energy, engineers, enzymes, gene regulation, intelligence, intelligent design, kinase, metabolites, natural world, random processes, Ribosome, RNA polymerase}

Review Article Explores Design Patterns in Biological Cells

_{Emily Reeves
August 1, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Living cells are strong candidates for being seen as aspects of the natural world resulting from design by an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 28, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioEssays, biologists, Columbia University, DNA, ENCODE, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Forrest Mims, Francis Crick, Genome Biology and Evolution, genomes, intelligent design, John Mattick, Jonathan Wells, Journal of Human Evolution, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Long Story Short, Nature (journal), Oxford University Press, paradigm shift, predictions, Richard Dawkins, Scientific American, Taylor & Francis, The Greatest Show on Earth, University of Toronto, W. Ford Doolittle, William A. Dembski}

New Long Story Video Tackles “A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
March 28, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Something happened in 2012 that changed the entire debate in favor of the ID-based prediction that DNA would be largely functional. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 12, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, BioEssays, Bruce Alberts, complex life, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, convergent evolution, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinian evolution, intelligent design, ions, neo-Darwinian mechanism, nuclear pore complex, proteins, science, University of Washington}

Is It Becoming Acceptable to Speak of Biological Systems and Processes in Terms of Design?

_{David Coppedge
March 12, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

In this example, think of the Darwinese as packing peanuts that can be removed to get to the important items inside. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agency, BioEssays, blueprint, Brian Miller, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), computers, Denis Noble, Dennis Venema, diseases, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, factory, genes, genomes, How Life Works, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, junk DNA, machines, Nature (journal), organisms, paradigm shift, Philip Ball, proteins, purpose}

Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioEssays, body plans, cancer, chimpanzees, diseases, DNA, evolution, evolutionary biologists, function, functionality, gene expression, genes, humans, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk RNA, lncRNAs, molecular biologists, mRNAs, mutations, natural selection, protein translation, proteins, proteome, repetitive DNA, ribozymes, species, transcription}

Roundup of Functions for “Junk DNA” Supports the New RNA Gene Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
November 29, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The junk DNA paradigm may have caused us to miss the precise DNA that helps makes a species unique. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anomalies, BioEssays, brain function, dogmatism, epigenetic information, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, function, gene regulation, genes, genetic programming, inheritance, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, molecular biology, non-coding DNA, paradigm shift, Thomas Kuhn}

The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes

_{Casey Luskin
November 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics. Read More ›