Tag: genes

Glittering dna helix with golden particles in a biotech concept

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acetyl tags, biochemical functionality, BioEssays, biological codes, Biological Theory, biology, code, control, convergence, DNA, ENCODE project, evolution, First Things, Forrest Mims, Francis Collins, genes, Genome Biology and Evolution, Human Genome Project, information, information compression, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, methyl tags, Michael Levin, mind, ontogenetic information, paradigm shift, phylogenetic signal, phylogenomic conflict, Platonism, random mutations, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), science stopper, Simon Conway Morris, Third Way of Evolution, Tufts University, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Thirty Years of Intelligent Design Predicting the Unexpected Genome

_{Casey Luskin
August 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Jonathan Wells’s review was important, but it only scratches the surface of information in biology outside of the DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 7, 2026

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architecture, art galleries, arts, beauty, behavior, biomaxxing, Bryan Johnson, chromatin, concert halls, culture, DNA, eating, environment, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, exercise, genes, gym, histones, literature, longevity, memory, Michael Denton, museums, music, neurocognitive capacity, Samantha Boardman, stress, Thomas P. Gills, Thomas Woodward, University College London, Wall Street Journal}

Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

_{Peter Biles
August 7, 2026

Arts, Intelligent Design

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Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animal phyla, animals, bilaterian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, coprolites, digestive systems, ecosystems, Ediacaran fossils, fecal matter, Feces Theory, genes, genetic information, Gizmodo, oxygen, oxygen theory, poop, The Best of Evolutionary Theory 2026, Trends in Ecology and Evolution}

Paper Promotes “Weirdest Theory Yet” for the Cambrian Explosion

_{Casey Luskin
August 6, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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First the Oxygen Theory, now the Feces Theory. But how much experience do we really have with feces creating new genetic information? Read More ›

Bacterial Flagellar Motor Proton-Driven Rotary Nanomachine

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Author
George Montañez

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Big Bangs, biology, bioRxiv, Casey Luskin, computational biologists, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinian processes, dough, evolutionary change, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Last Bacterial Common Ancestor, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Behe, Nature Reviews Microbiology, type III secretion system, Wikipedia, William Dembski, yeast}

Mighty and Meek: Behe’s Great Work at Age 30

_{George Montañez
August 5, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

The sheer amount of research that has gone into trying to find alternative explanations to what Behe has proposed is mind-boggling. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 23, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archeology, brain development, burial sites, cave walls, childhood development, cognitive functioning, culture, DNA, evolution, fossils, Friedrich Alexander University, genes, genetics, genome, human mind, human origins, Indiana University Bloomington, intelligence, Kyoto University, language, modern humans, Neanderthals, Nurnberg, researchers, Scientific American, Tom Schoenemann}

Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 23, 2026

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Read More ›

Cells under microscope. Biology background

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 20, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, artificial cell, bacteria, biomolecular machines, Biotic, cell membranes, CNN, DNA, enzymes, Frankenstein, generations, genes, genetic information, genome, Goldilocks, information, intelligent design, living cells, metabolism, molecules, New York Times, nutrients, ribosomes, ScienceAlert, SpudCell, synthetic biologists}

“SpudCell”: More Evidence that Origin of Life Requires Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
July 20, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

4}

This is most curious. SpudCell’s creators are boasting that it has “a much smaller genome” than any other known living cell. Read More ›

How microservices enhance application modularity

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Technology
Tagged
, biological systems, biology, Brain Potter, Brian Arthur, combinations, Construction Physics, economists, engineering, evolutionary theory, functionality, genes, genetic recombination, horizontal gene transfer, information, intelligent design, modularity, mutations, recombination, sexual reproduction, subcomponents, technology}

Modularity: Insufficient for and Unexplained by Evolution

_{Winston Ewert
July 15, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Technology

3}

The fundamental problem with this analysis is that sexual reproduction does not make anything modular. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bacillus subtilis, biology, chromosome, ComK, competence, ComS, ComX, crowdsourcing, CSF, developmental state, DNA, DNA expression, environment, exogenous DNA, genes, genetic material, genome, information, intelligent design, mRNA, nutrient status, pheromone, population signals, promoters, regulation, regulatory feedback, Sigma-H, sporulation, Theodosius Dobzhansky, transcription, xenogenic DNA}

Crowdsourcing DNA: Sophisticated Biological Information Processing

_{Emily Reeves
July 14, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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To adapt the words of Theodosius Dobzhansky, I’m persuaded that nothing in biology makes sense except in light of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
July 8, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, audiences, biochemistry, Brian Miller, cameras, debates, drink, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, food, genes, genetics, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Lee Cronin, magical words, molecules, origin of life, recordings, Research, Rice University, Sara Walker, selection, videos}

Cronin’s Assembly Theory Continues to Perform Its Magic

_{Science & Culture
July 8, 2026

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

2}

Cronin and Walker know what is wrong with origin-of-life research. They’re just afraid of what may be right. Read More ›

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Date
July 2, 2026

Categories
Biology
Origin of Life
Tagged
, bacteria, cells, clueless, control, E. coli, genes, guidance, James Tour, Kate Adamala, materialists, minimal cell, New York Times, origin of life, plagiarism, proteins, ribosomes, RNA, SpudCell, University of Minnesota}

We Created Life! Er, Wait a Minute…

_{Science & Culture
July 2, 2026

Biology, Origin of Life

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A synthetic cell lineage contrived by humans will (necessarily) need to copy what Nature has already done, or fail. Read More ›