Tag: Nicholas Matzke

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew Murray, antibodies, ATP synthase, bacteria, bacterial flagellar motor, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, Biophysical Journal, blood clotting cascade, cells, chemotaxis, cilium, Current Biology, Dan Tawfik, Darwin’s Black Box, David Snoke, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell division, evolutionary pathways, Harvard University, homology, injectisome, irreducibly complex systems, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macrobiological features, Michael Behe, molecular machinery, molecular machines, motility, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Heredity, Nicholas Matzke, Oxford University Press, PNAS, polar bears, protein science, proteins, Quarterly Review of Biology, Ribosome, Science (journal), T3SS, The Edge of Evolution, type three secretory system, universal common ancestor, vision, William Dembski}

Darwin’s Black Box at 30: The Evidence Wins!

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Macrobiological features have been cited as irreducibly complex, including animal joints and the trap mechanisms of carnivorous plants, even the cell itself. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, ACLU, David dewolf, Dover, errors, George W. Bush, intelligent design, John West, Kenneth Miller, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, media, New York Times, Nicholas Matzke, peer-reviewed publications, peer-reviewed research, Pennsylvania, plagiarism, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ten Myths About Dover, Time Magazine}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 2, “Judge Jones Is a Brilliant, Neutral Legal Scholar”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

10}

A full 90.9 percent of a key section was copied, either verbatim or nearly verbatim, from a brief submitted by the plaintiffs’ attorney. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, author, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, co-option, coordination, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary models, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, T3SS, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
December 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

21}

Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum. Read More ›

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Date
March 31, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, DNA, evolution, evolutionary processes, gene expression, Genome Research, human genome, intelligent design, Joe Felsenstein, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Nicholas Matzke, nucleic acids, repetitive elements, researchers, RNA, telomeres, transposable elements}

Researchers: What’s Evolutionary Debris to You Is Unexplored Territory to Us

_{Science & Culture
March 31, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

From a new, open-access article, “Implications of the first complete human genome assembly.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, chloroquine resistance, Daniel Dennett, Darwin Devolves, Douglas Futuyma, Eugene Koonin, evolution, Genetics (journal), Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicholas Matzke, oocyte, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, Russell Doolittle, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Stephen Jay Gould, The Edge of Evolution}

From Swamidass on Chloroquine Resistance, a Response that Doesn’t Respond

_{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2019

Evolution

22}

Swamidass’s response doesn’t address our main arguments, but he indicates he is impressed by what Darwinian mechanisms accomplished in generating chloroquine resistance. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, amino acids, bacterial flagellum, cooption, Darwin Devolves, degradation, Douglas Axe, Drosophila, E. coli, eye, fitness landscape, Harvard University, hook, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, motor, Nicholas Matzke, propeller, proteins}

Advances in Biology Discredit Argument that Cooption Can Explain Irreducible Complexity

_{Brian Miller
December 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One of most popular attempts at explaining the flagellum via cooption was developed by Nicholas Matzke. Read More ›