Tag: Long Story Short

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, DNA, DNA transcription, ENCODE project, evolution, functionality, genetics, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, junk RNA, Long Story Short, mammalian genome, mouse, native genome, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, noise, noncoding RNAs, proteins, Puffin-D, RNA, RNA sequences, sequence conservation, sequences, Thomas Cech, yeast}

Garbage Goodbye: In Blow to Junk RNA, “Majority” of Transcription Not “Background Noise”

_{Casey Luskin
May 28, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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A 2026 paper reports on an AI trained on genomic data, including data from a 2024 paper, enabling it to predict when transcription would be initiated. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
May 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, assumptions, asteroids, bias, confidence, evidence, experiments, Gerald Joyce, investigator intervention, James Tour, Long Story Short, meteors, methodological naturalism, Miller-Urey experiment, murder, natural causes, natural processes, naturalism, origin of life, polymerase, repeatability, researchers, ribozyme, RNA, Science and Culture Today, scientists, self-replicating molecules, Sol Spiegelman, suicide, tabloids, water droplets}

Applying Scientific Method to the Origin of Life Yields Shaky Results

_{Rob Stadler
May 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

7}

Scientists are not, or should not be, tabloid headline writers. They should only make claims that are strongly supported by evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biases, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Long Story Short, origin of life, Richard Lewontin, scientific debates, scientific experts}

New Long Story Short Video Explores How Non-Experts Can Assess Scientific Questions

_{Casey Luskin
May 20, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

A new Long Story Short video tries to answer this question: How can a non-expert assess who is right in a complex scientific debate — specifically on the question “How did life begin?” Read More ›

Modern DNA structure in microscope with neon color detail

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 17, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abbie Smith, accident, bioethics, chromosomes, David Klinghoffer, development, DNA, embryos, Endogenous retroviruses, ERVs, function, genome, human development, humanity, life, Long Story Short, mascot, MLT2A1, repetitive DNA, Research, retro-transposable elements, RNA, Science (journal), Secrets of the Human Body, triploid genome, zygotes, zygotic genome activation}

New Study: ERVs, Once Proclaimed as Ultimate Genetic “Junk,” Are Vital for Development

_{Casey Luskin
February 17, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

7}

Endogenous retroviruses were at one time iconic for evolution activists. The debate has progressed a lot since then. Read More ›

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Author
Kristin Marais

Date
May 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, atheism, biology, chemistry, curriculum, Discovering Intelligent Design, Discovery Institute Academy, education, families, Florida, foresight, homeschooling, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, lectures, Long Story Short, Michael Denton, nature, students, Summer Lile, teachers, The Design of Life, The God Proofs, The Wonder of Water, unguided processes, YouTube videos}

Join Us for a Discovery Institute Academy “Meet the Teachers” Zoom

_{Kristin Marais
May 28, 2025

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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If you weren’t able to drop by our booth in Florida, why don’t you consider joining our “Meet the Teachers” Zoom event on Thursday, May 29 at 5:00 pm (PDT). Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anger, David Klinghoffer, ENCODE, Endogenous retroviruses, ERVs, Francis Collins, Human Genome Project, Internet, Jonathan McLatchie, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Long Story Short, pseudogenes, Richard Dawkins, Rob Sheldon, science stopper, The Greatest Show on Earth}

New “Long Story Short” Video Addresses Challenges from Junk DNA Defenders

_{Casey Luskin
January 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Of course, die-hard evolution defenders were not going to take these major shifts in thinking about “junk DNA” sitting down. Read More ›

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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
Otangelo Grasso

Date
December 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Brian Miller, building blocks, calculations, chance, jackpot, James Tour, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Long Story Short, metabolism, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Phys.org, Powerball, proteins, proteome, protocells, Quanta Magazine, Rice University, RNA world, self-organization, University of North Carolina}

Let’s Throw Mathematical Light on the Origin of Life

_{Otangelo Grasso
December 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

11}

If researchers really were making progress, wouldn’t that mean they would be converging on the same truth? Yet they are not. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, authoritarianism, beauty, Cambridge, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado, dehumanization, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Academy, DiscoveryU, evolution, intelligent design, Long Story Short, Michael Egnor, mountains, nature, Stephen Meyer, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos}

Our View of Nature Matters; Here’s Why

_{John G. West
December 11, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

3}

I was standing amidst the ruins of the Berghof, Hitler’s retreat near the German-Austrian border, where some of the worst atrocities in history were planned. Read More ›

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Date
October 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Education
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Evolution News, Long Story Short, Michael Behe, natural processes, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, Secrets of the Cell, students, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The God Proofs, young people}

Equip Students with the Truth About Evolution

_{Science & Culture
October 2, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education

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Do you know what young people are learning about their origins and place in the universe? Read More ›