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Reflections on Casey Luskin’s Debate with “Dr. Dan”

I commend Dr. Dan for being an amicable dialogue partner and for his good faith attempt to engage substantively with the relevant scientific issues. Read More ›
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“Junk DNA” from Three Perspectives: Some Key Quotes

Many of these quotes are from mainstream scientific papers, books, or book chapters of a technical nature. Read More ›
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Here’s a Far from Exhaustive (Yet Still Exhausting) List of Papers Discovering Function for “Junk” DNA

The list contains over 800 papers which are divided into categories according to the type of genetic element for which they focus on finding function. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin on Junk DNA’s “Kuhnian Paradigm Shift”

Intelligent design theorists have long argued against the idea that non-protein coding DNA is useless evolutionary junk. Read More ›
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The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes

RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics. Read More ›
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Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Darwin Devolves

Despite Mr. Farina’s smug condescension and patronizing demeanor, he fails to mount a credible critique of Dr. Behe’s thesis. Read More ›
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics

Functionality for junk DNA is prevalent, and was successfully predicted by intelligent design.  Read More ›
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#2 Story of 2021: Caltech Finds Amazing Role for Noncoding DNA

There’s more function in the “junk” than imagined. Caltech finds a significant role: maintaining territories and compartments, and guiding components. Read More ›
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#6 Story of 2021: Scientific Paper on Repetitive Elements Slams “Junk DNA”

In the past, one of the most common rebuttals to ID was, “If life was designed, then why is over 90 percent of the genome composed of junk DNA?” Read More ›
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Caltech Finds Amazing Role for Noncoding DNA

There’s more function in the “junk” than imagined. Caltech finds a significant role: maintaining territories and compartments, and guiding components. Read More ›

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