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Geneticist: On Human-Chimp Genome Similarity, There Are “Predictions” Not “Established Fact”

Richard Buggs gives us a look inside the sausage factory where figures on the subject are calculated. Read More ›
spliceosome
Image: Closer look at the spliceosome, by Alessandra Magistrato, via Eurekalert!

Inside the Machine Room of the Nucleus

The nucleus is a beehive of activity, where information is not just stored but processed, protected, transcribed, and duplicated by highly complex machines. Read More ›
Tree of Life
Photo: Tree of Life, at Walt Disney World Resort, by KirkMoorePhoto [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

The Dependency Graph Hypothesis — How It Is Inferred

Ewert proposes that life is best explained not by Darwin’s hypothesis of an ancestry tree, but by a modern design-inspired hypothesis. Read More ›
Waptia
Photo: Waptia fieldensis, by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia [GFDL, CC BY 2.5, CC BY 2.5, GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Groundbreaking Paper Shows Thousands of New Genes Needed for the Origin of Animals

This is nothing short of a spectacular vindication of Stephen Meyer’s perspective in Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›
sgra_swarm_lg
Image: "Black Hole Bounty Captured in the Center of the Milky Way," by NASA/Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

Astrophysics and Molecular Genetics with the Parking Brake On

The ancient model of the cosmos, which was the model presupposed by most scientists prior to the mid 20th century, was Steady State. Read More ›
dodgeball
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What’s New in Cambrian Dodgeball?

Here are findings about Cambrian and Precambrian strata, and how evolutionists keep dodging the implications of rapid emergence of complex designs. Read More ›
gene editing
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Time for Gene Editing “Global Observatory”

We are not having a meaningful discussion about whether and how to regulate what I believe to be the most powerful technology ever invented. Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and “Nonfunctional” Pseudogenes

Venema cites the vitellogenin pseudogene as supposedly demonstrating common ancestry between humans and birds, such as chickens. Read More ›
chimp hand
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Adam and the Genome and Synteny

“Synteny refers to how well chromosomal sequences from different species align with one another.” Read More ›
Doges Palace
Image: Adam and Eve, Doge’s Palace, Venice, via Wikicommons.

Hmm, Much of Dennis Venema’s Adam and the Genome Isn’t About Adam and the Genome

Venema seems much more interested in pursuing longstanding debates with intelligent design and with certain ID proponents. Read More ›

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