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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 20, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ARF, biological information, cancer, constraints, DNA, Erika DeBenedictis, evolution, genome, INK4a, intelligent design, MIT, mutations, open reading frames, optimality, tumors}

Is the INK4a/ARF Overlap a Settled Example of Poor Design?

_{Emily Reeves
May 20, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. DeBenedictis’s basic argument is that there is a section of the human genome where two genes overlap, both of which are important for suppressing tumors. Read More ›

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Date
April 21, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromatin, cohesin, DNA, double helix, enhancers, enzymes, genome, intelligent design, loop extrusion, molecular motors, Nature (journal), nucleus, promoters, repair}

Cells Use Loop Extrusion to Keep DNA Optimized

_{Science & Culture
April 21, 2021

Intelligent Design

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A paper illustrates the action of DNA loop extrusion processes, which serve multiple functions to maintain the genome, with an interesting graphic: gears. Read More ›

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Date
March 7, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, gorillas, ID the Future, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, neo-Darwinian evolution, podcast, pseudogenes, species}

Another “Junk DNA” Icon Bites the Dust

_{Science & Culture
March 7, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin examines a paper which argues that the famous beta-globin pseudogene is functional. Why is this pseudogene famous? Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, genome, Human Errors, human genome, intelligent design, Nathan Lents, open reading frame, ORfan genes, orphan genes, undirected evolution, yeast}

Human Orphan Genes — Interesting YouTube Talk Tonight by Nathan Lents

_{Paul Nelson
February 11, 2021

Evolution

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A couple of years ago, Professor Lents became fascinated by orphan genes, and went looking for them in the human genome. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Alexander Oparin, computer simulations, DNA, enzyme, evolution, evolutionists, genome, information, laboratory, organisms, Popular Mechanics, random mutations, RNA, RNA world}

RNA World: Repeated Downfalls, Repeated Resurrections

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 12, 2021

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Alexander Oparin’s 1924 prediction that origin-of-life research would be solved “very, very soon” hasn’t quite turned out right. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amniotes, evolution, genome, living fossils, Nature (journal), New Zealand, vertebrates}

“Living Fossil”? Maybe. Tuatara Genome Is Now Sequenced and Published

_{Paul Nelson
August 7, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

The tuatara genome is 5GB, making it enormous relative to other vertebrates — and full of surprises. Read More ›

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Date
May 25, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, brown bears, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, evolution, genes, genetic information, genome, hemoglobin, Himalayas, loss of function, Michael Behe, Mount Everest, mount improbable, natural selection, oxygen, PNAS, polar bears, positive selection, Wikipedia}

Behe Vindicated Again: Sherpas Climb Everest Easier, Because Darwin Devolves

_{Science & Culture
May 25, 2020

Evolution

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How can Tibetans survive high altitudes that leave lowlanders gasping? The answer is found in broken genes. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 13, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, active information, BIO-Complexity, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, equilibrium, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness landscape, genetic algorithms, genome, Jonathan Bartlett, Long Term Evolution Experiment, mathematician, Michael Behe, mutations, Richard Lenski, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski}

New Papers Explore the Utility of Active Information

_{Casey Luskin
May 13, 2020

Evolution

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William Dembski and Robert J. Marks developed the concept of active information to measure the extent to which a search function appears pre-programmed to find some target. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 5, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ATP synthase, Charles Dickens, chemical bonds, chemists, DNA, early Earth, energy production, entropy, enzymes, fluctuation theorems, free energy, genome, India, Inference (journal), information, information processing, James Tour, Jeremy England, media, MIT, molecular machines, molecules, nanotechnology, natural processes, physicists, ribozymes, self-replication, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Inference Article Demonstrates Implausibility of Natural Processes for Explaining the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
May 5, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Origin of Life

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The piece is highly technical and mathematical, but the basic argument can be quickly summarized with only a marginal loss of technical accuracy. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 1, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Dan Graur, ENCODE, Evolution News, fitness, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, molecular evolution, mutations, predictions, Science (journal), University of Houston}

Paper Shows that “Mutational Load” Arguments Don’t Refute ENCODE

_{Casey Luskin
May 1, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Perhaps one of ENCODE’s staunchest critics has been Dan Graur, a molecular evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston. Read More ›