Tag: Lynn Margulis

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Carl Sagan, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Francis Crick, groupthink, Imperial College London, Interesting Engineering, Leslie Orgel, Live Science, Lynn Margulis, Mark Thompson, Medium, National Geographic, Occam’s razor, origin of life, protocell, Psychology for Mental Health, Robert Endres, Science Sensei, spontaneous emergence, Star Trek, Star Wars, terraforming, Universe Today}

At Present, the Origin of Life Isn’t a Scientific Question; It’s a Political One

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Some answers are Correct Groupthink but others will get you Canceled. It’s not clear that the current approach will enable many more insights. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 17, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, Charles Darwin, chihuahua, Douglas Futuyma, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Galápagos Islands, Japan, Keith Stewart Thomson, Lynn Margulis, microevolution, Richard Goldschmidt, Rudolf Raff, Scott Gilbert, southern Africa, speciation, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

Slate on Evolution’s “Third Way”: The Sound of a Glacier Melting

_{David Klinghoffer
January 24, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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I’m interested in “science as a cultural domain,” too. And here’s a great illustration of how the culture changes. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 25, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, ants, bacteria, cells, cognition, DNA, homeostasis, intelligent design, intentionality, J. Scott Turner, Lynn Margulis, mutations, natural selection, purpose, Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It}

In Purpose and Desire, Scott Turner Argues that Cognition Is Foundational to Life

_{Brian Miller
October 25, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The evidence of purpose and design permeate life at every level, and this evidence presents ever increasing challenges to all theories of undirected evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 7, 2016

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, "teach the controversy", fact check, Lynn Margulis, strengths and weaknesses}

On Teaching the Evolution Controversy, Misconceptions from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 7, 2016

Science Education

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There is ongoing debate over whether evolutionary mechanisms can explain life's diversity. Read More ›

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Author
Joshua Youngkin

Date
January 11, 2012

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, cells, creationism, education, endosymbiotic theory, Indiana, intelligent design, law, Lynn Margulis, New Hampshire}

The Media Passes Hasty Legal Judgment on 2 of 3 New Science Education Bills

_{Joshua Youngkin
January 11, 2012

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education

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Reporters should be reticent to fix the legally significant label "creationist" to nascent science education bills. Read More ›

The dynamin-related GTPase Drp1 (green) localizes in foci where it cleaves the mitochondrial network (red).

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 10, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, cells, endosymbiotic theory, intelligent design, Lynn Margulis, No Child Left Behind, Rick Santorum, Santorum Amendment}

On the Origin of Mitochondria: Reasons for Skepticism on the Endosymbiotic Story

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 10, 2012

Evolution

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Endosymbiotic theory essentially maintains that mitochondria arose by virtue of a symbiotic union of prokaryote cells. Read More ›

Galileo Galilei facing Roman inquisition, abandoning his views on heliocentricism. Reenactment of an important historical moment shaping the course of science and religion.

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Author
Joshua Youngkin

Date
November 24, 2011

Categories
Astronomy
History of Science
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __nedited, academic freedom, California Science Center, Cassini mission, Darwinian theory, David Coppedge, discrimination, Free Science, free speech, Galileo Affair, Granville Sewell, Inquisition, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, lawsuit, Lynn Margulis, Martin Gaskell, NASA, Nation, persecution, Saturn, Star Chamber}

Please, NASA, No More Galileos!

_{Joshua Youngkin
November 24, 2011

Astronomy, History of Science, Scientific Freedom

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The David Coppedge case stands as an egregious instance of intolerance toward scientific dissent, so much so that it merits your attention and action, for Caltech runs JPL under contract with NASA, a government agency, and is thus indirectly accountable to the electorate, by which I mean you, dear reader. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 23, 2011

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian theory, Lynn Margulis, Nation, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer}

Lynn Margulis, Acclaimed Biologist and Critic of Neo-Darwinism, RIP

_{Casey Luskin
November 23, 2011

Biology, Evolution

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"No evidence in the vast literature of heredity changes shows unambigious evidence that random mutation itself, even with geographical isolation of populations, leads to speciation. Then how do new species come into being? How do cauliflowers descend from tiny, wild Mediterranean cabbagelike plants, or pigs from wild boars?" Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 12, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Lynn Margulis, science}

Lynn Margulis Criticizes Neo-Darwinism in Discover Magazine (Updated)

_{Casey Luskin
April 12, 2011

Evolution

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National Academy of Sciences biologist Lynn Margulis does not support intelligent design (ID). But her recent interview in Discover Magazine shows that she feels ID proponents have made valid criticisms of neo-Darwinian evolution. Read More ›