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Author
Mike Keas

Date
May 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, DNA, evolution, evolutionary theory, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Latin America, LUCA, molecular sequences, molecular studies, Research, RNA, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Tree of Life}

Troubles with the Tree of Life

_{Mike Keas and Paul Nelson
May 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science

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Sixty years ago, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn listed what he described as the “symptoms” of a research field undergoing destabilizing change. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alan Turing, Arizona State University, ATP, Charles Darwin, DNA, English, enzymes, Eugene Koonin, evolution, functional synonyms, intelligent design, laptop computer, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, macroscale, memory, National Center for Biotechnology Information, neo-Darwinians, PNAS, RNA, Sara Walker, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life}

Sara Walker and Her Crew Publish the Most Interesting Biology Paper of 2022 (So Far, Anyway)

_{Paul Nelson
April 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Universal functional requirements, but without the identity of material components — sounds like design. Read More ›

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Date
February 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, evolution, failed predictions, ID the Future, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, Paul Nelson, podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

How Universal Common Descent Survives Failed Predictions

_{Science and Culture
February 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The prediction Paul Nelson discusses here is that there would turn out to be a single universal genetic code. Read More ›

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Date
November 5, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, animals, Cyanobacteria, evolution, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, metazoans, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Tree of Life, universal common descent}

Case Study Inadvertently Shows Why Universal Common Descent Is Untestable

_{Science and Culture
November 5, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Sooner or later, onlookers will realize that UCD is actually bankrupt. UCD doesn’t pay its bills, because it can’t. Read More ›

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Date
May 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, amino acids, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, anaerobic bacteria, Communications Biology, Darwin-skeptics, E. coli, enzymes, Frontiers in Microbiology, last bacterial common ancestor, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, miracles, naturalism, Powerball, ribozymes, spores, sporulation, transfer RNA}

Credulity Is the Soil for Darwin’s Tree

_{Science and Culture
May 12, 2021

Evolution

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The secret is to restrict one’s explanations for life to unguided natural events. Once that decision has been made, everything else flows deductively from it. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 8, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australia, Charles Marshall, codons, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Doubt, David Raup, evolutionary theory, genetic code, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, Michael Yarus, Pajaro Dunes meeting, paleontologists, Phillip E. Johnson, protein translation, ribosomes, RNA world, Science (journal), U.C. Berkeley, University of Chicago}

Charles Marshall: Origin of Life Could Have Happened “Millions of Times”

_{Paul Nelson
April 8, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Marshall at U.C. Berkeley represents establishment opinion in current evolutionary theory, and for good reason. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, Asa Gray, Associated Press, common descent, intelligent design, LUCA, Michael Behe, Mount Everest, topology, universal common descent}

Intelligent Design, Common Descent, and an Ascent of Mount Everest

_{Paul Nelson
November 2, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Did four-year-old Angela climb Everest by herself? No way. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, Discovery Institute, genetic code, Jonathan Wells, LUCA, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth, theistic evolution, universal common descent, Zombie Science (book)}

Intelligent Design and Common Descent

_{Ann Gauger
November 1, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A reader asks, “I was just wondering why some fellows at Discovery believe in ID but still hold to common descent.“ Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 15, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Brian Miller, Darwinism, DNA, Illustra Media, intelligent design, LUCA, Origin, orphan genes, Paul Nelson}

Pity the Unwanted Orphan Genes — An Awkward Topic for Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
March 15, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Discovery Institute philosopher of biology Paul Nelson is a great explainer. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 19, 2016

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Political Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, "teach the controversy", astroturf, credulity, Jerry Coyne, LUCA, Mike Pence, popular opinion, Supreme Court}

Fake News? Evolutionists Fall for Seemingly Phony Anti-Evolution “Petition”

_{David Klinghoffer
December 19, 2016

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Political Science, Science Education

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Facebook promises to keep an eye out for "fake news." What would they make of this, do you think? Read More ›