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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 4, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, Ann Gauger, atheism, David Berlinski, faith and science, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, Jews, kinesin, molecular machines, Muslims, Philip Ball, proteins, Protestants, Robert Shedinger, Roman Catholic, Thomas Nagel, Will Herberg}

Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

_{David Klinghoffer
June 4, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ATP hydrolysis, cell division, centrosomes, chromatids, chromosomes, Discovery Institute, dynein, irreducibly complex systems, kinesin, mitosis, mitotic cell division, mitotic spindle, molecular machines, molecular motor, phosphorylation, spindle, tubulin}

Astounding: The Role of Motor Proteins in Cell Division

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A crucial aspect of mitosis is the movement of chromosomes — initially the alignment of as paired sister chromatids during prometaphase and metaphase. Read More ›

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Date
March 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biochemists, biologists, Eric Anderson, essays, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Science (journal), Secrets of the Cell}

Michael Behe: A Mousetrap for Darwin

_{Science and Culture
March 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The Lehigh University biochemist answers misconceptions about irreducible complexity, and responds to the claim that “molecular machines” is a misnomer. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animations, ATP hydrolysis, bacteriophages, DNA, DNA polymerase, DNA polymerases, DNA replication, Drew Berry, E. coli, early Earth, evolution, helicase, hydrogen bonds, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, molecular machines, nanotechnology, naturalism, nucleotides, Oxford University Press, proteins, replisome, RNA, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, topoisomerase}

The DNA Replisome: A Paradigm of Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 21, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One can hardly appeal to natural selection to account for the origins of DNA replication without assuming the existence of the thing one seeks to explain. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bacterial cell wall, Darwin’s Bluff, dimers, evolution, Foresight (book), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, infection, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, molecular machines, Mother Nature, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, pathogen, Robert Shedinger, viruses, Yale University}

Newly Discovered War Machines in the Immune System

_{David Coppedge
March 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A newly discovered defense against pathogens involves armor and bullets that render an attacker immobile and self-destructing. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Caltech, cell biology, cells, condensates, DNA, droplets, endoplasmic reticulum, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent design, membrane lipids, membranes, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular machines, organelles, paradigm shift, peroxisomes, PLOS Biology, proteins, speckles, TIM, tom, transfer RNA, tRNA}

Getting It Together: Tethers, Handshakes, and Multitaskers in the Cell

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2024

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Running a cell requires coordination. How do molecules moving in the dark interior of a cell know how and when to connect? Protein tethers offer new clues. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, analogy, bacterial flagellum, complexity, Design Inference, evolution, evolutionary theory, gambling, initial conditions, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, jackpot, laws of nature, living systems, molecular machines, natural processes, natural selection, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, serendipity, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theist on the street, universe, University of Helsinki}

Intelligently Designed Evolution? Sorry, Wrong Universe

_{Casey Luskin
February 15, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Many in the intelligent design camp have considered the possibility that the evolutionary process was designed. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 31, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", biopolymers, chemical evolution, DNA, Energy, evolution, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, living systems, molecular machines, Ohio State University, Paul Sutter, proteins, replication, RNA, self-replication, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Universe Today, Walter Bradley}

Astrophysicist: “We Do Not Yet Know How, Where, or Why Life First Appeared”

_{Casey Luskin
January 31, 2024

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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It’s good to find another scientist — with no connections to intelligent design — who sees the issue so clearly. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 15, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, bacteria, bioinformatics, cancer, cell biology, cellular function, complex and specified information, diseases, enzymes, evolutionary computation, galactic habitable zone, information, information theory, intelligent agency, intelligent design, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, molecular machines, Only a Theory, paleontology, pharmacology, physiology, predictions, protein science, science stopper, systematics}

It’s Intelligent Design, Not Darwinism, that Drives Scientific Progress

_{Casey Luskin
December 15, 2023

Anatomy, Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Here is a list showing various fields where intelligent design is helping science to generate knowledge. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ATP, barnacles, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin's Black Box, ejaculatory reflex, evolution, fertilization, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jackson Wheat, Michael Behe, microtubules, middle piece, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nick Matzke, purifying selection, roundworm, sperm cells, sperm flagellum}

How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions. Read More ›