Tag: Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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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
David Coppedge

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Darwin’s Bluff, evolution, Foresight (book), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, infection, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, molecular machines, Mother Nature, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Robert Shedinger, viruses, Yale University}

Newly Discovered War Machines in the Immune System

_{David Coppedge
March 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A newly discovered defense against pathogens involves armor and bullets that render an attacker immobile and self-destructing. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ATP synthase, DNA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, mitochondrial membrane, New Scientist, photosynthesis, UC Riverside, University of Texas}

If Nanomotors Are Designed, Why Not Biomotors?

_{David Coppedge
July 18, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Physical chemists are justifiably proud of their tiny motors that do little more than spin. How can they say that much more complex motors in life evolved? Read More ›

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Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, C. elegans, calcium, cells, Douglas Axe, genetic code, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, intelligent design, ions, manganese, metabolism, molecular machines, Nature Communications, Parkinson’s disease, PNAS, Undeniable (book), University of Massachusetts at Amherst}

Membrane Channels Show Astonishing Specificity

_{Science & Culture
August 30, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The “selectivity filters” in membrane channels of living cells are able to discriminate between very similar molecules or atoms using complex mechanisms. Read More ›

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Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, cells, Douglas Axe, evolution, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, intelligent design, molecular machines, natural selection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, protein folds, proteins, quality control, Research, Richard Dawkins}

Protein Folds Violate Evolutionary Expectations

_{Science & Culture
June 5, 2018

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Protein folds show more flexibility than previously thought, but the flexibility appears designed. If it’s hard to get one fold to work, how about two in the same protein? Read More ›