Tag: Dartmouth College

Digital illustration DNA structure in blue background

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adenine, Ann Gauger, California, Cambridge, cytosine, Dartmouth College, Darwinists, DNA, England, evolution, Evolution News and Science Today, genes, Genesis, genetic similarity, Gold Rush, guanine, Hebrews, ID the Future, intelligent design, Melchizedek, mutations, non-coding DNA, ORFanID, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, proteins, relatedness, salvo, Stephen Meyer, taxonomically restricted genes, thymine, War and Peace}

Darwin’s Orphan Foe: A Gene Army Comes for Darwinism

_{Jonathan Witt
October 17, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary theory led evolutionists to expect these genes to be rare. As it turns out, they aren’t. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Big Think, Dartmouth College, free will, John Horgan, Marcello Gleiser, Michael Egnor, militarism, Mind Matters, Minding the Brain, proofs, quantum mechanics, Racism, sexism, Superdeterminism, The Immortal Mind}

Can There Be Evidence for Free Will?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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John Horgan thinks that “proofs” of free will seem as dubious as denials but there is actually considerable neuroscience evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 12, 2024

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Genetics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Adam Frank, Big Bang, Big Think, chatbot, consciousness, cosmos, Dartmouth College, developmental biology, human experience, human mind, information, knowledge, Marcelo Gleiser, materialism, molecular evolution, neuroscience, universe, University of Rochester}

“Lived Experience” Is Science’s Blind Spot

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 12, 2024

Biology, Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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They are right about the dead ends. But is it true that the dead ends result merely from ignoring human experience? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, biological systems, Biomimetics, Bristol University, chicken-and-egg problem, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Dartmouth College, Denton, evolution, Evolution (journal), flexibility, heuristic, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Judeo-Christian tradition, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Marcos Eberlin, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, pelvis, pentadactyl design, proteins, ribosomes, RNA, Stephen Jay Gould, strength, Stuart Burgess, Texas, whales, Zombie Science (book)}

Systems Biology Cracks Life’s Engineered Intricacies — A Report from CELS

_{Jonathan Witt
January 10, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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The cherished evolutionary story of whales' “vestigial” pelvic bones joins the growing pile of discredited icons of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 19, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, cosmic fine-tuning, CPR, Dartmouth College, Durham University, Elsevier, hospitals, Marcelo Gleiser, near-death experiences, NYU, persistent vegetative state, Philip Goff, Rachel Nuwer, researchers, Sam Parnia, Scientific American, wrongthink}

Study: Brain Is Still Active After Death

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Obviously, these experiences point to something that is irrelevant to claims about evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, archaea, boron, cabbage, Casey Luskin, chocolate, cobalt, coffee, coins, copper, corn, Dartmouth College, elements, Harvard School of Public Health, hemoglobin, human body, intelligent design, iron, manganese, Michael Denton, milk, mushrooms, nickel, nuts, onions, organs, oysters, peas, phosphorus, PNAS, potassium, Privileged Species, protein science, rhubarb, The Miracle of the Cell, thyroid gland, tissues, tomatoes, Uppsala University, urine, zinc}

Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel? It’s Essential for Life, and Likely an Indicator of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
June 8, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Nickel is an essential element in the human body, but too much is toxic. Here’s another element our planet had to provide. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 22, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", ad hoc hypotheses, Big Think, Dartmouth College, David Klinghoffer, Eugene Koonin, Evolution News, First Cause, Gottfried Leibniz, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kirk Durston, Marcello Gleiser, multiverse, universe}

Physicist: “The Multiverse Is a Lot Like God”

_{David Klinghoffer
August 22, 2022

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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I have to admit it makes me smile to think Professor Gleiser’s thoughts ahead of him. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, asteroid, Big Bang, Big Think, biosphere, Cambrian Explosion, complex life, cosmos, Dartmouth College, dinosaurs, Ernst Mayr, fire, Günter Bechly, humans, intelligent design, life, Marcelo Gleiser, Michael Denton, prior fitness, providence, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Miracle of Man, Theistic Evolution (book), Thomas Huxley}

Recognizing Providence in the History of Life Is a Hint About Our Own Lives

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Technology

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Any of us can point to certain pivotal events in our past that need not have occurred, but did. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 18, 2021

Categories
Astronomy
Evolution
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Copernican principle, Dartmouth College, earth, Encyclopedia Britannica, exoplanets, logic, Marcelo Gleiser, Mediocrity Principle, Nicolaus Copernicus, planets, solar system, The Island of Knowledge}

Astronomer: We Can’t Just Assume Countless Earths Out There

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 18, 2021

Astronomy, Evolution, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The Copernican Principle has been misused to imply that Earth is somehow insignificant. That is a philosophical attitude, unrelated to the science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2019

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Genetics
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, agnostic, Ann Gauger, Brian Miller, Dartmouth College, Darwin Devolves, East Coast, faith, intelligent design, John West, Marcelo Gleiser, Michael Behe, Michael Keas, National Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, Richard Lenski, science, Templeton Prize, Westminster Conference}

No Triangulation as Michael Behe Headlines 2019 Westminster Conference

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2019

Biology, Faith & Science, Genetics, Physics

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As I’m writing this I’ve been reacquainting myself with physicist Marcelo Gleiser, who just won the year’s prestigious, $1.5 million Templeton Prize. Read More ›