Tag: Drosophila

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 24, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __trending, argumentum ad omnes, argumentum ad populum, B. F. Skinner, brain reflexes, Censor of the Year, Censor of the Year Award, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Discovery Institute, Drosophila, free will, fruit flies, Jerry Coyne, libertarian free will, meat machines, morality, operant conditioning, parking lot, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, self-contradiction, social compliance, sophistry, Why Evolution Is True}

Morality Is Unintelligible Without Free Will: A Reply to Jerry Coyne

_{Michael Egnor
June 24, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

8}

A moral society is something entirely different from a well-run pigeon farm or a flourishing bottle of fruit flies. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 30, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, Arabidopsis, circuits, co-evolution, common ancestor, convergent evolution, Darwin on Trial, Drosophila, evolution, hair trigger, immune response, immune systems, intelligent design, kingdoms, logic, natural selection, nematode, NLR-o-gram, pathogens, Phillip Johnson, plants, proteins, robustness, Science (journal)}

For “Convergent Evolution,” Darwinists Offer Awkward Explanatory Tinkering

_{David Coppedge
January 30, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

7}

How clever of separate kingdoms of organisms to have figured all this out independently! Read More ›

Horse and Zebra Intently Staring at Each Other on Black Background

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti

Date
December 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, animals, chemistry, chimpanzees, chromosomes, DNA, Drosophila, evolution, ferns, fruit flies, genes, humans, junk DNA, Lego blocks, Ninth Symphony, nucleotides, physics, plants, proteins, roundworm, wheat, zebras}

The Eclipse of the Organism: No Longer Biology’s Central Interest

_{Giuseppe Sermonti
December 10, 2025

Evolution, Genetics

6}

Organisms have disappeared below the horizon. In many papers on DNA the organism is barely mentioned. Read More ›

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post

Date
June 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, centromere, chromosome, Dan Stern Cardinale, David Klinghoffer, debates, DNA, Dr. Dan, Drosophila, kinetochore, yeast}

Documentation for Dr. Dan

_{Science & Culture
June 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

We hope Rutgers biologist Dan Stern Cardinale finds these citations of interest. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Darwin's Finches, Drosophila, ecosystem, environments, genetic variations, germline, guppies, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, population, random mutation, stickleback fish}

Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model

_{Emily Reeves
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

An engineering model would predict that guppies are designed with operational parameters for different traits, which are set by overarching design logic. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 2, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge University, DNA, Drosophila, fruit flies, metazoans, Nature (journal), oxygen theory, phosphate, phosphorus, phytoplankton, Rockefeller University}

The Phosphorus Cycle: Cause or Effect?

_{David Coppedge
June 2, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Phosphorus, oxygen, and microbes cooperate in a delicate balance that sustains our productive biosphere. How did they come to interact? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Cameron English, climate change, COVID-19, Drosophila, Jerry Coyne, Nature (journal), New York Times, Politics, propaganda, Science, UC Davis, Why Evolution Is True}

Here’s What Happens When Science Goes Woke

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 16, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

When fashion mags go woke, no one cares. Some girls want to wear rags on their heads, well… But science mags? Read More ›

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Date
February 17, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cinderella, disease, Drosophila, ENCODE, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, junk DNA, Michael Denton, natural selection, parasites, Paul Nelson, retroviruses, The Scientist, transposable elements, transposons}

Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect

_{Science & Culture
February 17, 2022

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

8}

Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 4, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, body size, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Drosophila, eggs, embryo, fruit flies, intelligent design, macromutations, metabolism, natural genetic engineering, phenotype, phenotypic plasticity, transposable elements}

Studies on Insect Wings Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

_{Brian Miller
October 4, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

The “long-winged” phenotype is generated if the environmental conditions deteriorate due to reduced food supply or overpopulation. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 19, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", amino acids, biology textbooks, carbon, constraints, development, Drosophila, elements, embryology, Erika DeBenedictis, glycolysis, human genome, intelligent design, metabolism, Michael Denton, optimality, Princeton University, TEDx talk}

Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure

_{Emily Reeves
May 19, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

14}

I will begin with an example from embryology, then turn to metabolism, and finish with the breadth of chemical space covered by the natural amino acids. Read More ›