Tag: Escherichia coli

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, citrate, Creation Myths, Daniel Stern Cardinale, Darwin Devolves, Discovery Institute, DNA, DNA replication, DNA replisome, Escherichia coli, evolution, generation turnover time, genome duplication, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, lizards, Michael Behe, multicellularity, mutation rates, mutations, natural selection, neutral mutations, Paramecium tetraurelia, placenta, population size, retrovirus, Richard Lenski, Rutgers University, Scott Minnich, tetherin, tetherin antagonism, type III secretion system, viruses, YouTube channels}

Irreducible Complexity: A Reply and Challenge to Daniel Stern Cardinale

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 6, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

14}

I invite Stern Cardinale to attempt to provide a plausible evolutionary explanation of the origins of a complex system such as DNA replication. Read More ›

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Date
August 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, biology, bioRxiv, Carl Zimmer, engineering, Escherichia coli, evolution, evolutionary theory, genes, genetic code, genome, Harvard University, intelligent design, MIT, New York Times, publications, Science (journal)}

“Rewriting Code of Life” Sounds a Lot Like Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
August 14, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

2}

Modifying the genetic code is easy. Right? It would have to be, under an evolutionary understanding. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Bayes factor, Center for Science and Culture, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dave Farina, Discovery Institute, eggs, embryos, Escherichia coli, evolution, goal-directedness, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, James Tour, likelihood, lizards, metabolites, Michael Behe, natural processes, Rice University, Scott Minnich, The Edge of Evolution, University of Idaho}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

14}

The first exhibit is Lenski’s long-term evolution experiment, in which, after some 33,000 generations, bacterial cells evolved the ability to grow on citrate. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, archaea, ATP synthase, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brownian motion, cryo-electron microscopy, Current Biology, Escherichia coli, evolution, Harvard University, Inertia, intelligent design, Nature (journal), outboard motor, Scott Minnich, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, water}

Harvard Biophysicist Howard Berg, Flagellum’s Discoverer, Lives On

_{David Coppedge
April 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

More than any other scientist, he brought to light the intricate biophysics occurring at the molecular scale in living organisms. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bacteriophages, CRISPR, Darwinian theory, DNA, electrons, Escherichia coli, evolution, geometry, intelligent design, molecular machines, Nature (journal), Neil Thomas, oxygen, PNAS, Science Daily, seafloor, soil, Spain, Switzerland, Taking Leave of Darwin, Uppsala University, Yale University}

Tricks of the Cell Trade

_{Science & Culture
September 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Cell processes are quick and efficient. They can even solve geometry problems in the dark without eyes or brains. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 20, 2021

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, California, cells, Columbia University, CRISPR-Cas9, DNA, Escherichia coli, genes, information, intelligent design, junk DNA, Nature (journal), New York City, ribosomes, semantic information, steganography, translation}

DNA Storage Goes Biological

_{Science & Culture
January 20, 2021

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design

11}

DNA is already known to be an ideal storage medium. Why not use cells to do the hard work? Read More ›

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post

Date
December 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", amino acids, Charles Thaxton, code, codons, Darwinian evolution, DNA, double helix, Escherichia coli, genetic code, information, intelligent design, materialists, mind, natural selection, PNAS, probability, proteins, Roger Olsen, Rutgers University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, Walter Bradley}

Missing the Point: Codes Are Not Products of Physics (Updated)

_{Science & Culture
December 2, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Elaborate schemes to explain the origin of the genetic code from the laws of physics and chemistry miss the whole point about codes. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 9, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, blue whale, Caltech, cytoplasm, DNA, Escherichia coli, evolution, heart rate, intelligent design, machinery, marine biologists, nanotechnology, NOAA, Stanford University}

Whales, Bees, and Viruses: Intelligent Design from Biggest to Smallest

_{Science & Culture
December 9, 2019

Intelligent Design

8}

What’s bigger than a blue whale? Smaller than a virus? At the extremes and everywhere in between, life shows ingenious design. Read More ›

Campylobacter jejuni bacteria 3d render illustration closeup

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post

Author
Marcos Eberlin

Date
June 21, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, appendix, Darwinian medicine, Darwinists, David Klinghoffer, dehydration, diarrhea, Escherichia coli, foresight, GUT, gut bacteria, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, mammals, Marcos Eberlin, microbes, physiology, poverty, Salmonella, The Descent of Man, toxins, vestigial structures}

Diarrhea and Design: A Response to Jerry Coyne

_{Marcos Eberlin
June 21, 2019

Intelligent Design, Medicine

10}

I respect Coyne’s position, but, lacking his faith, I interpret this evidence more naturally as pointing to an ingenious mind. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 3, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Bacillus subtilis, bacterial cell division, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Douglas Axe, Douglas Theobald, Escherichia coli, Evolution News, evolutionists, gene duplication, genes, hemoglobin, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mousetrap, mutations, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, oxygen, S. Joshua Swamidass, Skeptic Magazine, TalkOrigins}

Muller Two-Step Model: A Refutation of Behe on Irreducible Complexity?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 3, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

13}

Our responses to the Muller two-step have been around for a long time; it would be nice if ID critics would recognize and perhaps answer them. Read More ›