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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, cancer, cell types, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, Denis Noble, evolution, genes, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Evolution, metazoans, Michael Behe, mutations, National Cancer Institute, Perry Marshall, reproduction, survival, tumor, Vanderbilt University}

Two Peer-Reviewed Papers Apply Behe’s “Darwin Devolves” Thesis to Cancer

_{Casey Luskin
September 15, 2025

Evolution, Medicine

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One day in the mid 2010s, Ann Gauger and I received a message that an ID-friendly scientist was in town and wanted to meet us. Read More ›

Anthropomorphic chimp dressed in a suit like a businessman. business concept. AI generated, human enhanced

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Casey Luskin, chimps, chromosomes, common ancestor, Discovery Institute, DNA, experts, genes, genomes, German, headlines, humans, intelligent design, Live Science, mainstream media, Nature (journal), proteins, regulatory regions, Science and Culture, Spain, Spencer Klavan}

On Human-Chimp Genetic (Dis)Similarity, Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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Would anyone know that the 1 percent icon has finally fallen, if we hadn't broken the story? It seems not. 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

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

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Arginine, biosynthesis, blind processes, design logic, DNA, engineering, enzymes, evolution, genes, histidine, homology, intelligent design, mRNA, operons, prokaryotes, recurring design logic, regulation, Ribosome, RNA polymerase, transcription, translation, tryptophan, unguided processes}

Recurring Design Logic in Attenuation Mechanisms

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 30, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite the striking parallels between these systems in terms of the design logic, these attenuation systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 30, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, David Klinghoffer, DNA, earth, eugenics, genes, genetics, genome, Heaven, humor, information, material genome, mathematics, Michael Levin, philosophy, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonic space, race, Richard Sternberg, Spencer Klavan, The Free Press, white supremacy}

With Sydney Sweeney’s “Great Genes,” Plato Exacts His Revenge

_{David Klinghoffer
July 30, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If I had no sense of humor whatsoever about the whole thing, I would point out that the nature of “genes” is the subject of a fascinating scientific dispute. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 29, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Arginine, bacteria, bacterial cell, biosynthesis, DNA, enzymes, genes, lactose, operons, recurring design logic, regulatory systems, RNA polymerase, structural motif, transcriptional hierarchies, tryptophan}

Recurring Design Logic in Operon Regulation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 29, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As we see in these two examples, the design logic is the same. And yet, these two systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 11, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bacillus subtilis, bacteria, biological systems, biology, bioluminescence, chemotaxis, complexity, Darwin’s Black Box, E. coli, genes, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, musicians, proteins, Salmonella, signal transduction, sporulation, toxins}

Recurring Design Logic in Living Systems

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 11, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Architects, painters, musicians, and other creators apply recognizable patterns of thinking to their craft. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), apes, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), deletions, DNA, genes, genetics, genome sequencing, genomes, humans, insertions, junk DNA, Nature (journal), Supplemental Data, technical failures, telomeres}

Are the New Ape Genomes Reliable?

_{Casey Luskin
June 25, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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We have good reasons to believe that these differences are reliable and real and even represent functional, meaningful DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, deletions, DNA, gap divergence, genes, genetic differences, genetics, genome, humans, insertions, Nature (journal), repetitive elements, sequence alignment, Supplemental Data}

Do Large Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent “Technical Failures”?

_{Casey Luskin
June 19, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

The insinuation is that something went wrong in the lab during the attempted alignment process. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 18, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alternative splicing, amino acids, animation, complexity, development, DNA, eukaryotes, evolution, exons, Francis Crick, genes, intelligent causation, intelligent design, introns, junk DNA, MicroRNAs, mRNA, proteins, Ribosome, spliceosome, splicing}

Evolutionary Obstacles to the Origin of Introns

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 18, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The only type of explanation that adequately accounts for this type of phenomenon is a goal-directed, or intelligent, cause. Read More ›