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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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In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists Explore “Waiting Times” for Coordinated Mutations

The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Read More ›
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Really? Editors Claim They Were “Unaware” of Article’s Intelligent Design Connections

The implication is that the editors — Denise Kirschner, Mark Chaplain, and Akira Sasaki — did not realize the article was about intelligent design. Read More ›
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Self-Induced Blindness: Round 3 with Kevin Williamson

Of course, an allergy to conceding error is not unique to ID opponents, but it is typical of them. Read More ›

Two Kinds of Science “Skepticism”

Science journalist John Horgan makes the great distinction between skepticism directed at "soft" versus "hard" targets. Read More ›
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Peer-Reviewed Scientific Paper Develops New Ways of Measuring Complex and Specified Information in Life

The "Game of Life" is a computer simulation that's meant to mimic living systems. Read More ›
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Peer-Reviewed Article on Transposable Elements Cites “Irreducible Complexity” and Other “Teleologic” Factors

Plant geneticist Wolf-Ekkehard L�nnig argues that irreducibly complex structures may defy explanation by TEs or other Darwinian factors. Read More ›
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Aerial View of a large Public University in Ames, Iowa
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No ID Research? Let’s Help Out This Iowa State Student

Responding to students who attack intelligent design is tricky. Read More ›
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As the Intelligent Design Movement Publishes Peer-Reviewed Literature, Critics Backpedal

Though Judge Jones's findings were false when he made them in 2005, many have used his ruling as an excuse to perpetuate these false criticisms of ID. Read More ›
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New Peer-Reviewed Paper Challenges Darwinian Evolution

Over recent months, papers challenging key elements of Darwinian theory — the kind of papers which are supposed not to exist — have increasingly been slipping through the net and finding their way into the peer-reviewed literature. One such paper, “Is gene duplication a viable explanation for the origination of biological information and complexity?,” authored by Joseph Esfandier Hannon Bozorgmeh and published online last week in the journal, Complexity, challenges the standard gene duplication/divergence model regarding the origin of evolutionary novelty. The abstract reports, All life depends on the biological information encoded in DNA with which to synthesize and regulate various peptide sequences required by an organism’s cells. Hence, an evolutionary model accounting for the diversity of life needs to Read More ›

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