Tag: gene

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, adenine, biochemists, E. coli, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness, fossil record, gene, gene transcription, genes, genetics, genotype, homology, information, James Tour, lactose, Michael Behe, natural selection, promoter, random mutations, regulatory control, researchers, Rice University, S. cerevisiae, tryptophan, W303, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series), yeast, YouTube videos}

On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

_{Rob Stadler
February 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

9}

In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
August 12, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, chromosomes, codon, computer, digital code, diploidal genome, DNA, gene, intelligent design, mammals, mitochondrial DNA, nucleotides}

The Genius of Alternative Reading Frames

_{Ann Gauger
August 12, 2019

Intelligent Design

5}

This is amazing! Here we have multiple meanings being read from one stretch of digital code. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
April 2, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Arthur Hunt, Boeing 747, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwin's Doubt, devolution, DNA, Fred Hoyle, gene, Irreducible Complexity, John Jay College, maize, Manyuan Long, Michael Behe, mitochondria, Nathan Lents, Panda's Thumb, probabilistic resources, proteins, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, University of Kentucky}

Does T-urf13 Refute Irreducible Complexity? A Response to Arthur Hunt

_{Jonathan McLatchie
April 2, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

25}

Since 2007, Hunt has been claiming to have refuted Michael Behe’s thesis that irreducible complexity cannot arise by mindless evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Linguistics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __cedited, birth, cell biology, disease, DNA, empathy, Euripides, gene, great apes, human body, infants, labor, medicine, molecular biology, mothers, mutations, Nathan Lents, nurse, pelvis, theory of mind, vitamin B12, vitamin C}

Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error

_{Ann Gauger
November 13, 2018

Evolution, Linguistics, Reproductive Science

4}

He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 29, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, bacteria, biomolecules, citrate, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinists, E. coli, evolution, Frances Arnold, function, gene, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, loss of function, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, oxygen, proteins, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, The Edge of Evolution}

The Nobel Prize and Intelligent Evolution

_{Michael Egnor
October 29, 2018

Intelligent Design

3}

The contrast between the evolutionary sterility of Lenski’s unintelligent Darwinian evolution and the evolutionary potency of Arnold, Smith, and Winter’s intelligent evolution is striking. Read More ›

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Author
Matti Leisola

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Artificial Selection, bacteria, Barry Hall, bioengineering, biotechnology, Caltech, directed evolution, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, gene, Heretic, intelligent design, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, New York Times, Nobel Prize, pharmaceuticals, proteins, The Edge of Evolution, theistic evolution}

How the 2018 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Harnessed Intelligent Design

_{Matti Leisola
October 4, 2018

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

5}

There is one point of confusion in descriptions of this year’s prize winners. It’s the talk of “directed evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Africa, Ajit Varki, Ann Gauger, cheetahs, Darwinism, Death Valley, DNA, Elizabeth Pennisi, evolution, gene, humans, ID the Future, mice, Michael Behe, primates, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Science Magazine, The Edge of Evolution, UC San Diego}

Origin of Long-Distance Running — More Evolution by Breaking Things

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2018

Evolution

4}

A central problem for theories of unguided evolution has always been the challenge of building complex biological novelties. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Linguistics
Tagged
, __cedited, Africans, Broad Institute, Cell (journal), Darwinism, FOXP2, Francis Collins, gene, genome, Harvard University, humans, Michael Denton, MIT, natural selection, Nature (journal), non-Africans, Research, Robin Williams, The Biology of the Baroque, The Language of God}

Update: Still No Evolutionary Explanation for Human Language

_{David Klinghoffer
August 3, 2018

Evolution, Linguistics

5}

“The case that human language develops step by step through natural selection is weakened by the fact that no single language gene has ever been discovered.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 2, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, birth defects, cancer, Darwinists, embryo, ENCODE, fly, gene, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Nature Genetics, npr, nucleus, piano, Princeton University, Research, Science (journal), The Guardian, The Independent, The Myth of Junk DNA, Time Magazine, Zombie Science (book)}

Princeton Researchers Watch “Junk DNA” at Work

_{David Klinghoffer
August 2, 2018

Intelligent Design

4}

In “real time” they show the function of an enhancer in switching a gene from off to on. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, animal rights, BBC News, computer program, conservatives, enzyme, function, gene, King’s College London, Maryland, monkeys, PETA, rats, spinal cord, stroke, viruses}

We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats. Read More ›