Tag: Journal of Molecular Evolution

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, BRAF, cancer, cancer genomics, cell growth, cell types, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, Denis Noble, driver mutations, EGFR, evolution, genes, IDH1/2, intelligent design, JAK2, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Kras, metazoans, Michael Behe, Molecular Cancer Research, mutations, National Cancer Institute, Perry Marshall, PIK3CA, reproduction, survival, tumor, tumor promoter proteins, tumor suppressor proteins, Vanderbilt University}

Two Peer-Reviewed Papers Apply Behe’s “Darwin Devolves” Thesis to Cancer

_{Casey Luskin
September 15, 2025

Evolution, Medicine

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One day in the mid 2010s, Ann Gauger and I received a message that an ID-friendly scientist was in town and wanted to meet us. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
August 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, abiogenesis, biocomplexity, biologists, Case Western Reserve University, credibility, Eva Jablonka, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Freudian slip, grammar, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jan Spitzer, Journal of Molecular Evolution, methodological naturalism, MIT Press, Nita Sahai, origin of life, Peter Corning, scientific establishment, Simona Ginsburg, teleological, teleology, teleonomic}

Is Intelligent Design Gaining the Upper Hand?

_{Robert Shedinger
August 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Trustworthiness

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The underlying dynamic here is one of fear — fear of being associated with a movement one cannot easily dispel through evidence and argument. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 26, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algebra, algorithms, Charles Darwin, Evangelical Christianity, Grand Unified Theory, Irreducible Complexity, Issac Newton, James Ferguson, Jerry Coyne, jesus, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Michael Behe, Nicolaus Copernicus, religion, Theory of Everything, Why Evolution Is True}

Sorry, Dr. Coyne: There Is No Religion-Science Conflict

_{Robert Shedinger
December 26, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

6}

I dare say that Michael Behe has had a far greater influence on the field of evolutionary biology than Jerry Coyne has. Read More ›

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Date
June 26, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, automobile, cancer, chassis, crankshaft, Darwinians, engine, enzymes, evolution, golf, illusion, Journal of Molecular Evolution, magicians, messenger RNA, natural selection, protein synthesis, rabbits, Richard Dawkins, Robert Shapiro, Scientific American, The Scientist}

Evolutionary Theorizing Depends on Magic Words

_{Science and Culture
June 26, 2020

Evolution

8}

If evolutionists had to describe major turning points in evolution rigorously, they would quickly give up. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 22, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amber Rice, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, degradative mutations, DNA, DNA repair, Dogs, E. coli, evolution, Evolution (journal), First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, glucose, Greg Lang, Journal of Molecular Evolution, laboratory, Lehigh University, Lenski lab, loss-of-function mutations, machines, malaria, microbes, nature, Plasmodium falciparum, polar bear, proteins, Richard Lenski, wooly mammoth, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 1

_{Michael Behe
March 22, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

11}

Their review pretty much completely misses the mark. Nonetheless, it is a good illustration of how sincere-yet-perplexed professional evolutionary biologists view the data. Read More ›

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Date
September 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, chimpanzees, common ancestor, common ancestry, Darwin's Doubt, evolutionary biology, genetic data, humans, Journal of Molecular Evolution, mice, Molecular Biology and Evolution, molecular clock, Nature (journal), organisms, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Y chromosome}

Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks

_{Science and Culture
September 25, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

15}

Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 14, 2017

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, causation, evolution, explanations, hypothesis, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Evolution, logic, materialism, supernatural, UCLA, unintelligent causes}

Reaching the “Limits” of Material Explanations — Can It Be Done?

_{Science and Culture
September 14, 2017

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"Science is a game with one defining rule," writes UCLA biochemist Richard E. Dickerson. Read More ›