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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 14, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Dan Graur, Darwinian scientists, ENCODE, ERVs, evolution, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Long Story Short, non-coding DNA, onions, predictions, pseudogenes, science stopper, The Codes of Life, University of Houston}

New “Long Story” Short: “ERVs, Pseudogenes, & Onions”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 14, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design is a “science stopper”? It “makes people stupid”? These are among the claims of some smart scientists who ought to know better. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, anthropic fine-tuning, cosmic rays, cosmos, dark matter, Energy, foresight, galaxies, Geraint Lewis, intelligent design, junk DNA, Luke Barnes, Milky Way, particles, photons, planets, predictions, proton, purpose, radiation, science fiction, spaceships, stars, universe}

Dark Matter and Intelligent Design: A Prediction

_{Eric Hedin
January 13, 2025

Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Let’s look at some of the remarkable features of dark matter, already discovered by observations in astronomy and cosmology. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C. elegans, David Coppedge, evolution, gene regulation, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, microRNA, miRNA, National Cancer Institute, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, Richard Sternberg, roundworm, The Conversation, The Myth of Junk DNA, William A. Dembski}

Happy New Year! No. 1 Story of 2024: Nobel Prize for Function of “Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
January 1, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That so-called genetic junk would turn out to be functional was a prediction of intelligent design going back to the 1990s. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, atheism, Brian Miller, Brown University, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, citation bluffing, Darwin Day, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Debating Design, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, Ernst Mayr, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Guillermo Gonzalez, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Nature’s Destiny, No Free Lunch, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, Professor Dave, proteins, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

No. 2 Story of 2024: Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
December 31, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C. elegans, David Coppedge, evolution, gene regulation, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, microRNA, miRNA, National Cancer Institute, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, Richard Sternberg, roundworm, The Conversation, The Myth of Junk DNA, William A. Dembski}

2024 Nobel Prize Awarded for the Discovery of Function for a Type of “Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
December 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That so-called genetic junk would turn out to be functional was a prediction of intelligent design going back to the 1990s. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Biden Administration, Covid vaccines, COVID-19, Francis Collins, John West, junk DNA, lockdowns, masks, National Institutes of Health, Politics, schools, skeptics, The Federalist, The Road to Wisdom, Vaccines, wisdom}

Francis Collins’s “Road to Folly”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 18, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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How does someone as inept as Francis Collins (and I’m being charitable) have the gall to tell anyone else how to become wise? Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 18, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, COVID-19, creator, Darwin Devolves, Evangelical Christians, evolution, faith and science, Francis Collins, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Joe Biden, junk DNA, Michael Behe, National Institutes of Health, natural, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, The Language of God, The Road to Wisdom, unintelligent processes}

Francis Collins Renews Attack on Michael Behe and Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
November 18, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It isn’t intelligent design that “has fallen victim to advances in science.” It’s Darwin’s outdated theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Keating, Casey Luskin, cosmologists, Darwinism, Darwinists, ENCODE, errors, function, genome, human genome, Into the Impossible, junk DNA, mistakes, predictions, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Richard Dawkins, UC San Diego}

Hey, Please Ask Dawkins About His “Junk DNA” Goof

_{David Klinghoffer
August 29, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Our friend Brian Keating, a cosmologist at UC San Diego, does wonderful interviews. A particularly fun recent one was with Richard Dawkins. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, DNA, evolution, genome, intelligent design, James Shapiro, junk DNA, Michael Behe, National Association of Scholars, Neo-Darwinism, University of Chicago}

James Shapiro: Intelligent Design “Has a Valid Point with Regard to the … Limits of Neo-Darwinism”

_{Casey Luskin
August 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I’m content to be grateful to Dr. Shapiro as a non-ID scientist who recognizes something ID has gotten right. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 11, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, conservatism, ENCODE project, human genome, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, junk DNA, molecular biology, Philip Ball, physicists, protein-coding genes, RNA, scientists, Systems Biology}

An Object Lesson in How Not to Do Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 11, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The story the public is told is contrary to evidence but scientists have to keep telling it because otherwise the wrong people might benefit. Read More ›