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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 18, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __recommended, autoimmune disease, biology, biomarkers, cancer, Cell (journal), disease, dysregulation, evolution, exons, gene enhancers, gene expression, gene regulatory networks, gene silencers, genetics, genome architecture, genome organization, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, mammalian DNA, methylation, Nature (journal), neurodegeneration, non-coding RNAs, promoters, repetitive DNA, RNA, Science (journal), splicing regulators, transposable elements}

Paper in Cell Reports “Paradigm Shift” Against TEs as “Genomic Parasites or Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
June 18, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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This language is remarkable coming from a journal often considered the third most important in the world for biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 1, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Political Science
Tagged
, appearance, automobiles, Ben Carson, brains, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Declaration of Independence, dura, endowed by our creator, ethnicity, eye color, Founders, genetics, human skull, humans, John West, neurosurgeons, neurosurgery, operating room, race, skin color}

Ben Carson, John West: Human Equality in a Neurosurgeon’s View

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Political Science

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You could draw a comparison to looking under the hood of your car, versus looking under the hood of mine. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, DNA, DNA transcription, ENCODE project, evolution, functionality, genetics, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, junk RNA, Long Story Short, mammalian genome, mouse, native genome, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, noise, noncoding RNAs, proteins, Puffin-D, RNA, RNA sequences, sequence conservation, sequences, Thomas Cech, yeast}

Garbage Goodbye: In Blow to Junk RNA, “Majority” of Transcription Not “Background Noise”

_{Casey Luskin
May 28, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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A 2026 paper reports on an AI trained on genomic data, including data from a 2024 paper, enabling it to predict when transcription would be initiated. Read More ›

Male construction road worker holding a stop sign and directing traffic on the street. Traffic management

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 5, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alternative codes, amino acids, aspartic acid, biology, codon family, codons, deletions, frameshift, frameshift mutations, genetic code, genetics, glutamic acid, indels, insertions, intelligent design, mapping system, nucleotides, optimization, parameters, stop codons, translation, triplets}

Stop Signals in Disguise: How the Genetic Code Guards Against Frameshifts

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 5, 2026

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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A frameshift mutation occurs as the result of indels (insertions or deletions) of a number of nucleotides that is non-divisible by three. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 20, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, causation, character string, context, design intuitions, design perspective, English, food, function, genetics, Genetics (journal), genotype, Gregor Mendel, guitar, house, language, Mendelian genetics, natural language, noun, phenotype, pleiotropy, poker, Reductionism, Richard Sternberg, sensory organs, skull, verb, vertebrates, vocalization}

“Beyond Mendel”: Leading Investigators Appeal for a New Genetics

_{Paul Nelson
April 20, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Top-down causation makes a lot more sense from a design perspective than from any reductionist, lower-levels-first approach. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 17, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Africa, bioRxiv, Broad Institute, David Reich, Denisovans, DNA, DNA segments, Europe, geneticists, genetics, Germany, Gran Dolina, Harvard University Press, Homo antecessor, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, humans, hybrids, interbreeding, Levallois tools, Michael Marshall, Middle East, mitochondrial DNA, Morocco, Neanderthals, New Scientist, ochre, Spain, stone tools, Y chromosome}

Harvard Geneticist Proposes Neanderthals Are Descended from Humans

_{Casey Luskin
April 17, 2026

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Humans and Neanderthals are so similar that Neanderthals provide no evidence we are closely related to some type of primitive non-human. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 11, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, americans, biology, cosmology, creator, Darwinian theory, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, ethnicity, fine-tuning, genetics, governance, ID the Future, John West, moral relativism, morality, natural law, physics, podcast, rights, scientific discoveries, scientific racism, soul, truths}

Why Darwinian Theory Threatens the Declaration of Independence

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 11, 2026

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Dr. John West highlights how modern scientific discoveries in biology, physics, and cosmology are now reinforcing the core claims of the Declaration. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acid, Barbie, beauty, Carl Linnaeus, Carol Kaesuk Yoon, classification, coelacanth, CRISPR, Dogs, evolutionary biology, genealogical ancestry, genes, genetics, goldfish, kangaroos, koalas, marsupial, Matchbox cars, Max Telford, nucleotides, phylogenetics, quolls, Tasmanian wolf, taxonomy, The Tree of Life (book), thylacine, Tim Ingold, Tindell Hopwood, trading cards, University College London}

On Tree of Life, Max Telford Misses the Design Possibility

_{Emily Reeves
March 9, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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I’ll be reviewing the book topically, beginning with the beauty and importance of classification and ending with the implications of belief in the tree of life. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, chimp genome, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, educators, genetic difference, genetics, genome, geology, human beings, human exceptionalism, human genome, intelligent design, scientists, Smithsonian Institution, speakers, statistics, students, UC San Diego, University of Johannesburg, University of San Diego}

Dr. Luskin on Human/Chimp Genetic Differences and Why They Matter

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2026

Genetics, Human Exceptionalism

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I invited one of Discovery Institute’s premier scholars to discuss new findings and the meaning of it all. Read More ›

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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

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