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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 21, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", evolution, genome, John Mattick, junk DNA, MIT, molecular biology, mRNAs, Nature (journal), RNA, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Scientific American, splicing}

“Junk DNA” Suffers a Blow as Nature Papers Find “Global Function” for Introns in Budding Yeast

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 21, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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All of this calls to mind a comment from biologist John Mattick, a critic of the junk DNA paradigm. Read More ›

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Date
January 18, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, A Meaningful World, Atacama Desert, beauty, Benjamin Wiker, Burgess Shale, Cambrian News, Chengjiang fossils, Chile, China, Darwin's Doubt, DNA, evolution, Ferris Jabr, insects, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, MIT, Ohio State University, Periodic Table, sexual selection, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation, water}

Early Cambrian Complexity and Other News

_{Science & Culture
January 18, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Stephen Meyer’s case for intelligent design in Darwin’s Doubt keeps getting vindicated by new fossils. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, Broad Institute, Cell (journal), Darwinism, FOXP2, Francis Collins, gene, genome, Harvard University, humans, Michael Denton, MIT, natural selection, Nature (journal), non-Africans, Research, Robin Williams, The Biology of the Baroque, The Language of God}

Update: Still No Evolutionary Explanation for Human Language

_{David Klinghoffer
August 3, 2018

Evolution, Linguistics

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“The case that human language develops step by step through natural selection is weakened by the fact that no single language gene has ever been discovered.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 27, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, bestseller, Bruce Buff, Casey Luskin, Dan Brown, Edmond Kirsch, George Eliot, intelligent design, Jeremy England, MIT, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Origin, Phillip E. Johnson, Spain, Stephen Meyer, thriller, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski}

#6 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Dan Brown Pushes Atheism and Intelligent Design. Wait…What?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 27, 2017

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Mr. Brown appears to have waded a little distance into the design debate. Will he go further? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 4, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Carl Sagan, Dan Brown, Darwinian evolution, extraterrestrials, fake news, intelligent design, John Gray, Karl Popper, Live Science, loneliness, Mars, MIT, naturalism, neuroscience, Stephen Hawking, Wesley J. Smith}

Mock at Your Peril! Naturalism Is a Jealous Fraud

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 4, 2017

Evolution, Physical Sciences

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It’s not just that media-darling disciplines ruled by naturalism fail the facts. They fail at precisely the points where they should succeed if naturalism were true. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 24, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, codons, complexity, Dean Kenyon, DNA, Edward Feser, homeostasis, hurricane, Michael Medved Show, Michael Polanyi, Michael Shermer, MIT, molecular machines, RNA, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Kauffman, tornado}

Michael Shermer and the Laws of Complexity

_{Brian Miller
October 24, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Recently, atheist Michael Shermer debated Catholic philosopher Edward Feser. The subject was Feser’s new book on five arguments for the existence of God. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 20, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, assisted suicide, bestseller, Bruce Buff, Casey Luskin, Dan Brown, Edmond Kirsch, George Eliot, intelligent design, Jeremy England, Michael Behe, MIT, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Origin, Phillip E. Johnson, Spain, Stephen Meyer, thriller, Wall Street Journal, William Dembksi}

Dan Brown’s New Novel Pushes Atheism and Endorses Intelligent Design. Wait…What?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2017

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Life Sciences

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"[C]odes do not occur naturally in the world....Codes are the deliberate inventions of intelligent consciousness." Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 10, 2017

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, abiogenesis, atheism, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Dan Brown, Discovery Institute, Edmond Kirsch, fiction, intelligent design, Jeremy England, MIT, New York Times, Origin, Sarah Chaffee, Spain}

Dan Brown Thriller Has MIT’s Jeremy England in It; Brian Miller Puts the Science in Perspective

_{David Klinghoffer
October 10, 2017

Human Origins and Anthropology, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I’m reading Brown’s new Robert Langdon novel, Origin. There’s a decent chance you are too. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 20, 2017

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Alan Guth, anti-science, BBC, computer program, computer simulation, Elon Musk, information, intelligent design, MIT, Ray Kurzweil, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Matrix, universe}

“Great” Minds Think Universe Is a Computer Program

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 20, 2017

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The Matrix, the first episode, was a fun movie. But as a description for reality? Please. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 31, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, evolution, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, Lee Spetner, MIT, natural selection, Not by Chance, species, The Evolution Revolution}

Listen: Lee Spetner on What Natural Selection Can Do — And What It Can’t

_{Science & Culture
August 31, 2017

Evolution

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Dr. Spetner also explores aspects of population genetics and the constraints the Earth’s history imposes on evolving new species. Read More ›