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Author
Matti Leisola

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Artificial Selection, bacteria, Barry Hall, bioengineering, biotechnology, Caltech, directed evolution, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, gene, Heretic, intelligent design, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, New York Times, Nobel Prize, pharmaceuticals, proteins, The Edge of Evolution, theistic evolution}

How the 2018 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Harnessed Intelligent Design

_{Matti Leisola
October 4, 2018

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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There is one point of confusion in descriptions of this year’s prize winners. It’s the talk of “directed evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino-acid sequences, Caltech, Cambridge, cells, Darwinian evolution, design, directed evolution, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, genes, intelligent design, New York Times, Nobel Prize, protein evolution, selection, University of Missouri}

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Intelligent Design?

_{Douglas Axe
October 3, 2018

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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The problem these efforts face in the lab is exactly the problem faced by Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism in the wild. Read More ›

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Date
August 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, acorn worms, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran Period, evolution, Hong Kong, invertebrates, lancelets, nervous system, neurons, Nobel Prize, phylum, plasticity, PLOS Biology, PNAS, sea urchins, tunicates, vertebrates}

Placozoa: An Evolutionary Leftover?

_{Science & Culture
August 15, 2018

Evolution

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Simple, small, and worldwide in distribution, the placozoa don’t fit any clear evolutionary picture. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, alt-right, anti-Semitism, Darwinian theory, Europeans, From Darwin to Hitler, history, James Watson, Jews, Kevin MacDonald, Nazism, Nobel Prize, Racism, Richard Spencer, Steven Pinker}

Evolutionary Psychology Grapples with Racism and Anti-Semitism

_{Richard Weikart
July 11, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychology

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Kevin MacDonald is trying to resurrect this troubling legacy of Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", American Scientific Affiliation, Big Bang, Charles Townes, deism, history, intelligent design, Louis Pasteur, Nobel Prize, science, scientism, theistic evolution}

In Defense of Theistic Evolution, Denis Lamoureux Rewrites History

_{Jonathan Witt
June 8, 2018

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics

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Scientism’s grand progress narrative holds that as we learn more and more about the world, purely natural or material explanations inevitably will arise and grow stronger. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 30, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", asexual reproduction, body temperature, brain, corpses, Darwinian theory, DNA replication, eye, genetic code, heart, intelligent design, mammals, medical school, metabolism, Michael Egnor, Nathan Lents, Nobel Prize, PhD, physiology, protein synthesis, sexual reproduction, testicles}

Nathan Lents Doesn’t Understand…Refrigeration

_{Michael Egnor
May 30, 2018

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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Lents studies rotting corpses and household plants. He might not know much about (living) human physiology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Berlin Wall, Brian Josephson, censorship, Charles Townes, Darwinian theory, Darwinists, Democrats, ethnicity, evolutionists, free speech, groupthink, Nobel Prize, professors, race, Republicans, scientists}

Kanye Imagine? “Scientists Don’t Have to Be Darwinists”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 26, 2018

Evolution, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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Thanks to Kanye West and Chance the Rapper, an idea has sprung on the culture like a thunderclap. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropology, Arthur Schopenhauer, assumptions, biases, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, human origins, ideology, Nobel Prize, prejudices, pseudoscience, Racism, religion, scientific racism, scientists, Steven Pinker, The Descent of Man}

On the History of Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and Hitler, Is Steven Pinker Objective?

_{Richard Weikart
February 26, 2018

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Psychology

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Pinker is right that we should formulate our ideas based on evidence, not bias and preconceptions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 23, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Brian Josephson, Cambridge University, Cavendish Laboratory, Charles Townes, Closer to Truth, creativity, evolution, intelligent design, Nobel Prize, PBS, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, theistic evolution, V.J. Torley}

#10 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Nobel Laureate Is “80 Percent” Confident in Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 23, 2017

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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He compares design in evolution to human creativity, and concedes that his ideas about ID may not be consistent with traditional theism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 1, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Aristotle, Charles Townes, Daniel Reeves, Google, intelligent design, Leon, Marcos Eberlin, Nobel Prize, Paul Nelson, Plato, Portugal, science, Spain, Spanish Inquisition, stonewalling, University of Algarve, Wikipedia}

Email Correspondence with University Dean Reveals Stonewalling Behind Latest Anti-ID Censorship

_{David Klinghoffer
November 1, 2017

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Whether the context is Wikipedia or the academic scene on the Iberian Peninsula, the scientific “consensus” on ID is maintained by shutting down debate and silencing scholarship. Read More ›