Plesioplatecarpus planifroms Type post Author Günter Bechly Date April 28, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionMathematicsPaleontology Tagged , Darwinism, ecological niches, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genes, genetic changes, just-so stories, Late Cretaceous, marine reptiles, mutations, North America, population genetics, sharks, waiting-time problem Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Mosasaurs in the Cretaceous Günter Bechly April 28, 2023 Evolution, Mathematics, Paleontology 2 The math of population genetics precludes a Darwinian origin of these new genes in such a short time. Read More ›
fear Type post Date January 3, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEngineeringIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , blind natural forces, Casey Luskin, convergent evolution, Eric Cassell, evolution, genetic changes, ID the Future, insects, intelligent design, No Free Lunch theorems, podcast, purpose, spider silk, spiders, teleology, William A. Dembski Teleophobia: Cassell on the Unreasonable Fear of Intelligent Design Science & Culture January 3, 2022 Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 2 What do biologists make of the apparently purposive nature of all these different kinds of complex programmed behaviors? Read More ›
puppy dog eyes Type post Author Michael Behe Date June 19, 2019 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, amino acids, codon, Darwin Devolves, devolution, dog breeds, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary mechanism, genes, genetic changes, humans, legs, mutations, PNAS, researchers, wolves Puppy Dog Eyes for Darwin Michael Behe June 19, 2019 Evolution 2 A study in PNAS has gotten tons of affectionate press, probably because puppies are so darned cute. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Behe Date May 12, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, adaptive mutations, Barry Hall, citrate, contingency, dishonesty, E. coli, Elizabeth Pennisi, epigenetic change, genetic changes, hype, loss-of-function mutations, LTEE, media, motivated reasoning, peer review, public opinion, Richard Lenski, science journalism, Science News, science reporting, Scott Minnich, speciation Richard Lenski and Citrate Hype — Now Deflated Michael Behe May 12, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Science Reporting 8 For more than 25 years, Lenski's lab has grown a dozen lines of the bacterium E. coli in small culture flasks. Read More ›