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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, China, CRISPR, DNA, egg, embryo, embryos, eugenics, gene editing, genetic disease, Hong Kong, in vitro fertilization, MIT Technology Review, Nobel Prize, science}

Eugenics Revisited: Scientists on the Verge of Genetically Engineering Babies

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 26, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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CRISPR is the most powerful technology invented since the splitting of the atom. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 30, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
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, __cedited, Anil Seth, blind chance, brain, consciousness, evolution, life, machine, Michael Egnor, natural selection, neuroscience, Nobel Prize, Werner Heisenberg}

Yes, “Your Brain Is a Machine” — Wait, What?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 30, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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One might add that this analysis applies to the world of life as a whole. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 29, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, bacteria, biomolecules, citrate, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinists, E. coli, evolution, Frances Arnold, function, gene, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, loss of function, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, oxygen, proteins, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, The Edge of Evolution}

The Nobel Prize and Intelligent Evolution

_{Michael Egnor
October 29, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The contrast between the evolutionary sterility of Lenski’s unintelligent Darwinian evolution and the evolutionary potency of Arnold, Smith, and Winter’s intelligent evolution is striking. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 8, 2018

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, bioengineering, cellular metabolism, Darwinian mechanism, Design Inference, Frances Arnold, Francis Crick, genetic code, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, intelligent design, James Watson, junk DNA, Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize, proteins}

Intelligent Design Wins Another Nobel Prize

_{Michael Egnor
October 8, 2018

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The design inference is obvious but often implicit, because explicit acknowledgement of design in biology carries with it substantial career risk. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Ann Gauger, creationism, directed evolution, Douglas Axe, education, evolution, Frances Arnold, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, media, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), New York Times, Nobel Prize}

Word Games with Evolutionists

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2018

Chemistry, Engineering, Evolution

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Coming from the National Center for Science Education or the New York Times, this is typical. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, amino acids, Caltech, DNA, Douglas Axe, E. coli, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, industry, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, medicine, mutations, Nobel Prize, oxymoron, proteins, science, sequence space, universe, University of Missouri}

It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

_{Ann Gauger
October 4, 2018

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function. Read More ›

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Author
Matti Leisola

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, 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
, __cedited, 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
, __cedited, 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
, __cedited, 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 ›