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A Darwinian Dilemma: The Paradox of Reproduction

Astonishingly, there is one unique organ system that actually detracts from the chances of survival of even the fittest individuals. Read More ›
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Do Present Proposals on Chemical Evolutionary Mechanisms Point Toward the First Life?

Abiogenesis is the prebiotic process wherein life, such as a cell, arises from non-living materials such as simple organic compounds. Read More ›
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Molecular Infertility: New Long Story Short on RNA Replication and Life’s Origin

You might think that such severe impediments to prebiotic RNA formation would be enough to discourage fanciful proposals of RNA replication. Read More ›
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Omega-3 Nutrition Pioneer Tells How He Saw Irreducible Complexity in Cells 40 Years Ago

Jorn Dyerberg, the Danish biologist, talks with physicist Brian Miller about finding irreducible complexity in cells. Read More ›
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#7 Story of 2022: Mammoth Support for Devolution

The more science progresses, the more hapless Darwin seems. Consider woolly mammoth DNA. Read More ›
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Epigenetics Directs Genetics — And That’s a Problem for Darwinism

The ability to sequence genomes was a great accomplishment. But there is something over and above genes. Read More ›
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Mammoth Support for Devolution

The more science progresses, the more hapless Darwin seems. Consider woolly mammoth DNA. Read More ›
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Why Their Separate Ancestry Model Is “Wildly Unrealistic”

On Monday, I will look at the consistency of the phylogenetically informative sites for the Baum et al. (2016) paper. Spoiler alert: It looks like design. Read More ›
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Much Ado About Lactase Persistence

Nothing shows the feebleness of Darwinism quite so much as breathless stories about brand new results. This week the topic was “lactase persistence.” Read More ›
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Topoisomerase Origins Defy Darwinian Explanations

A review of the topoisomerase family of molecular machines that repair DNA ignores where they came from. Another article tries but has no answers. Read More ›

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