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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 28, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, Ann Gauger, atheism, CELS 2021, Center for Science and Culture, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, junk DNA, materialistic philosophy, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Nobel Prize, Ola Hössjer, physicists, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, William A. Dembski}

The Year in Review: Three Major Advances for Intelligent Design

_{Brian Miller
December 28, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The situation resembles a poorly constructed dam holding back water that is continuously rising. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 27, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, DNA, evolution, IDEA Club, intelligent design, junk DNA, ncRNAs, non-coding DNA, non-coding RNAs, paradigm, parasites, South Africa, UC San Diego}

#6 Story of 2021: Scientific Paper on Repetitive Elements Slams “Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
December 27, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In the past, one of the most common rebuttals to ID was, “If life was designed, then why is over 90 percent of the genome composed of junk DNA?” Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 25, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, coordination, CRISPR, Darwinian evolution, ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, Ferrari, Francis Collins, gene editing, George Church, germ line, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, John West, Journal of Theoretical Biology, junk DNA, Michael Behe, natural history, natural selection, predictions, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Language of God}

Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2021: An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing

_{William A. Dembski
December 25, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
December 16, 2021

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", adaptation, animals, behavior, biosphere, blind evolution, brown bears, Charles Darwin, convergence, dysteleology, evolution, homology, intelligent design, junk DNA, Life Sciences, microevolution, polar bears, Systems Biology, The Design Revolution, vestigial structures, William A. Dembski, William Paley}

Complex Programmed Behaviors — Intelligently Designed

_{Eric Cassell
December 16, 2021

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Some discriminators don’t get us very far in deciding which is the better explanation between blind evolution and intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
December 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Dan Graur, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, ncRNAs, non-coding DNA, nucleolus, nucleus, proteins, RNA, spatial organization, splicing}

Caltech Finds Amazing Role for Noncoding DNA

_{Science & Culture
December 3, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There’s more function in the “junk” than imagined. Caltech finds a significant role: maintaining territories and compartments, and guiding components. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, apes, BioEssays, BioLogos, chimpanzees, Christianity, common ancestry, CRISPR, Dennis Venema, Evangelicals, evolution, evolutionary theory, functionality, gorillas, hominids, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), intelligent design, Jesus Christ, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, macaques, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Springer, theology, William Lane Craig}

Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 23, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 8, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Australopithecines, BioLogos, DNA, evolution, fossil record, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, junk DNA, Oxford University Press, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), William Lane Craig, Young Earth Creationists}

Coming Attraction: My Review of William Lane Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam

_{Casey Luskin
November 8, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

5}

Evangelical Christians who continue to embrace evolutionary ideas in the absence of confirming evidence continue to bet on the wrong horse. Read More ›

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Date
October 26, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adaptive Radiation, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Hawaii, intelligent design, junk DNA, MIT, Neo-Darwinism, New Zealand, PNAS, Research, University of Michigan}

Non-Darwinian Adaptive Radiation Proposed

_{Science & Culture
October 26, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Is it possible that adaptive radiation is falling out of the Darwin trophy cabinet? A new proposal sounds amenable to intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 22, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cars, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, Elon Musk, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary tree, Francis Collins, Genome Research, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, historical sciences, intelligent design, junk DNA, Matti Leisola, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Meyer, Tesla, University of Cambridge}

Forbidden Question: Common Descent or Common Design?

_{Jonathan Witt
October 22, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

12}

Think of cars. A Tesla and a Cadillac share many features — but of course, none of that means that Teslas blindly evolved from Cadillacs, or vice versa. Read More ›

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Date
October 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australia, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, central dogma, Darwinism, DNA, double helix, evolution, Flinders University, Forensics, fossil record, intelligent design, junk DNA, Marble Canyon, Nature Communications, Royal Ontario Museum, seafloor}

Three Stunners Challenge Traditional Darwinism

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October 22, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Remember when fossil hunters found Marble Canyon, a fossil bed in Canada that surpassed the Burgess Shale in extent and species richness? Read More ›