Tag: chemistry

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 3, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Advanced Science, amino acids, bases, BioEssays, biologists, chemistry, chromosomes, DNA, domains, exons, gene transcripts, genome function, genome regulation, geometric code, geometry, introns, James Tour, junk DNA, meteorite, non-B DNA, OSIRIS-REx, packing, packing domains, structural shape, topologically associating domains, Yahoo News!}

A Fake Headline, and a Real One, About DNA

_{Casey Luskin
November 3, 2025

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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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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Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ancient Earth, cells, chemistry, design evidence, design signal, destiny, deterministic pathways, fascination, frustration, Georgia Tech, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, life, lipids, Loren Williams, LUCA, molecules, NASA, National Science Foundation, nucleic acids, ocean, organic chemistry, polysaccharides, proteins, ribosomes, water, wet-dry cycles, YouTube videos}

Origin-of-Life Researcher at Georgia Tech Picks Up the Design Signal in Biopolymers

_{Science and Culture
September 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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You will hear one word, over and over in this remarkable talk, that has stolen the place, or taken the credit, for what is undeniable evidence of design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bureaucrats, Canada, chemistry, Chronicles Magazine, cost-saving, culture, Darwinian materialism, death, Denyse O’Leary, epiphenomena, free will, human beings, John Zmirak, love, mental illness, Michael Egnor, mind, neurons, neuroscience, physics, random chance, soul, soullessness, The Immortal Mind, United States, veterans}

Darwinism’s “Simplest” and “Most Destructive Implication”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Imagine that: killing as a “cost-saving strategy.” I think of Canada more and more as the haunted twin of the United States, and a warning to us. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, advice, Alexander Oparin, amino acids, Baltimore, biopolymers, building blocks, chemistry, computer languages, Dave Keeling, Deep Ocean Raman In Situ Spectrometer, DNA, education, Edward Anders, Edward T. Peltzer, extraterrestrial life, geology, Gustaf Arrhenius, Harold Urey, homochirality, hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, Klingons, lipid world, Mars, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, ocean chemistry, oceanography, organic chemistry, origin of life, Pope, prebiotic conditions, prebiotic soup, proteins, public school, racemization, RNA, RNA world, Roman Catholicism, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, solar system, Stanley Miller, starches, sugars, surface-based chemistry, theistic evolution, UC San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Heidelberg, Vulcans}

Interview with Edward Peltzer on the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
August 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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A student of Stanley Miller and Jeffrey Bada explains the failure of materialistic origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, Apologetics Profile, Big Bang, Casey Luskin, chemistry, Discovery Institute Academy, education, evolution, ID the Future, Kristin Marais, Mount Rainier, Mount Rushmore, neo-Darwinian evolution, origin of life, origin of the universe, podcast, students, teachers, The Daily Wire, universe}

Exploring Intelligent Design: A Conversation with Casey Luskin and Kristin Marais

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 28, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

3}

Does intelligent design have a better answer for the origin of the universe and the origin of life than the standard neo-Darwinian explanation? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Apologetics Profile, Casey Luskin, chemistry, communication, Daniel Ray, evolution, high school, ID the Future, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, materialism, podcast, science, science communicators, students, teachers, teleology}

Losing the Plot: How Materialism Can Blind Scientists to Purpose

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

2}

How a materialistic worldview causes many scientists and science communicators to lose the plot and forget what science is all about. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 23, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brazil, Brian Westad, carbohydrates, cell membranes, chemistry, chemists, coacervates, Discovery Institute Academy, early Earth, enzymes, Evolution News, experiments, Kristin Marais, Le Chatelier’s principle, Marcos Eberlin, mass transfer, molecular machines, origin of life, polymerization, prebiotic synthesis experiments, protocells, relay synthesis, São Paulo, smart barriers, South America}

Postcard from São Paulo: Design Evidence from High School Chemistry

_{Casey Luskin
July 23, 2025

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Kristin Marais spoke about “How to Make Chemistry Fun by Teaching Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life.” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Westad

Date
July 16, 2025

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Science Education
Tagged
, academic excellence, biology, Cambrian Explosion, chemistry, college, Discovery Institute Academy, DNA, education, enzyme reactions, exams, Florida, fossil record, homeschooling, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Irreducible Complexity, kitchen table, quizzes, readings, registration, science courses, students, syllabus, teachers, titration, videos, Washington State, Zoom}

Rigorous and Design‑Focused: Discovery Institute’s Homeschool High-School Science Courses

_{Brian Westad
July 16, 2025

Biology, Chemistry, Science Education

3}

Give your high‑schooler a course that sparks curiosity today and prepares them for the science of tomorrow. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, beauty, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, bioethics, biology, biomedicine, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, chemistry, Colorado, computer science, cosmology, Daniel Reeves, Emily Reeves, engineering, evo-devo, evolution, faith and science, family life, geologists, geology, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Ivy League, Jay Richards, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, literature, Logan Gage, medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, multiverse, origin of life, Paul Nelson, physics, Richard Gunasekera, Robert J. Marks, Rocky Mountains, scientocracy, sexuality, society, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, undergraduates, Winston Ewert}

Just Got Back from the Summer Seminars

_{Casey Luskin
July 2, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

3}

As always, this selective program was entirely cost free to participants, thanks to our generous supporters. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, chemistry, Christianity, Dante Alighieri, Darwinism, Erasmus Darwin, intelligence, intelligence tests, J. B. S. Haldane, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Milton, Lord Monboddo, Mars, Naomi Mitchison, Possible Worlds and Other Essays, race, science fiction, scientific racism, scientists, The Descent of Man, Third Reich, UNESCO}

The End of Scientific Racism

_{Daniel Witt
June 24, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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J. B. S. Haldane initially subscribed to some of the racism of the era — but, to his credit, his views shifted over time as more evidence came to light. Read More ›