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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 25, 2021

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosome, design triangulation, DNA, Francis Crick, James Watson, Nature (journal), topoisomerases}

A Beautifully Illustrated Open Access Review Article on DNA Topoisomerases

_{Paul Nelson
January 25, 2021

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Crick and Watson realized, very early on, that the winding double helix of DNA would cause all kinds of nasty tangles. Read More ›

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Author
Charles Thaxton

Date
April 6, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Thaxton, DNA, Francis Crick, intelligent design, James Watson, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Massachusetts, molecular biology, Mount Rushmore, murder, NASA, nucleic acids, philosophers, proteins, SETI, Sherlock Holmes, South Dakota, specified complexity, suicide, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

“Nothing More Deceptive than an Obvious Fact”

_{Charles Thaxton
April 6, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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We are not saying DNA is like a message. Rather, DNA is a message. Read More ›

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Author
Charles Thaxton

Date
March 24, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, biological information, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, chemicals, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, Francis Crick, James Watson, neo-Darwinian theory, nucleic acids, origins, proteins, Roger Olsen, Stanley Miller, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

Crisis in the Chemistry of Origins

_{Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley, and Roger E. Olsen
March 24, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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The impressive complexities of proteins, nucleic acids, and other biological molecules are presently developed in nature only in living things. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
January 13, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Abraham Lincoln, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Barbara McClintock, Brooklyn College, central dogma, creationism, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian, Discovery Institute, Divine Foot, Douglas Futuyma, E.O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary biology, Francis Collins, Francis Crick, Francisco Ayala, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, James Shapiro, James Watson, jesus, Luther College, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Marcos Eberlin, mental illness, Moses, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), North American Teilhard Society, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, skeptics, sociobiology, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, teleology, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, William Provine}

Religion, Science, and Evolution: Confessions of a Darwinian Skeptic

_{Robert Shedinger
January 13, 2020

Faith & Science

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As I read through the scientific literature of evolutionary biology to try and convince myself of its accuracy and coherence, I was struck by the frequency with which I encountered “religious” language. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 19, 2019

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, Alfred Russel Wallace, alt-right, bipedalism, Bronx Zoo, Discovery Institute, education, Galápagos Islands, Glenn Branch, human evolution, Human Zoos, humans, James Watson, John West, Mind and Cosmos, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Next Generation Science Standards, Ota Benga, phylogenetic trees, primates, public education, Sarah Chaffee, Texas, The Kingdom of Speech, Thomas Nagel, Tom Wolfe}

From The Atlantic on Teaching Human Evolution, a Bit of Rare Honesty in Reporting

_{David Klinghoffer
September 19, 2019

Biology, Science Education, Science Reporting

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With permission from John West and Sarah Chaffee, here is the full text of their interview with staff writer Olga Khazan. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 31, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithmic specified complexity, algorithms, amphibians, body plans, computers, Declaration of Independence, DNA, evolution, evolutionary fitness landscape, fish, Francis Crick, genetic code, genetic information, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, James Watson, Michael Polanyi, Morse code, No Free Lunch theorems, Randy Isaac, Robert J. Marks II, theistic evolution, trilobites, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Examining Randy Isaac’s Critique of Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics

_{Brian Miller
October 31, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The standard evolutionary model is incapable of driving major transformations such as a fish evolving into an amphibian. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 8, 2018

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, bioengineering, cellular metabolism, Darwinian mechanism, Design Inference, Frances Arnold, Francis Crick, genetic code, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, intelligent design, James Watson, junk DNA, Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize, proteins}

Intelligent Design Wins Another Nobel Prize

_{Michael Egnor
October 8, 2018

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The design inference is obvious but often implicit, because explicit acknowledgement of design in biology carries with it substantial career risk. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, alt-right, anti-Semitism, Darwinian theory, Europeans, From Darwin to Hitler, history, James Watson, Jews, Kevin MacDonald, Nazism, Nobel Prize, Racism, Richard Spencer, Steven Pinker}

Evolutionary Psychology Grapples with Racism and Anti-Semitism

_{Richard Weikart
July 11, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychology

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Kevin MacDonald is trying to resurrect this troubling legacy of Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 1, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, carbohydrates, cell membrane, cells, central dogma, complex specified information, cortex, development, DNA, embryo, eyes, Francis Crick, glycans, ion channels, Jacques Monod, James Watson, limbs, Michael Levin, molecular biology, Neo-Darwinism, nucleotides, proteins, RNA, Stephen Meyer, sugar code, tail, William A. Dembski}

Life Exponential: Life Exhibits Intelligent Design at Many Levels

_{Jonathan Wells
June 1, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Complexity (such as we see in a pile of autumn leaves) can arise spontaneously from unguided natural processes, but complex specified information cannot. Read More ›