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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agency, BioEssays, blueprint, Brian Miller, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), computers, Denis Noble, Dennis Venema, diseases, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, factory, genes, genomes, How Life Works, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, junk DNA, machines, Nature (journal), organisms, paradigm shift, Philip Ball, proteins, purpose}

Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
October 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ad hominem, amino acids, Assembly Theory, biologists, Brian Miller, chess, David Klinghoffer, DNA, James Tour, Lee Cronin, logic, Nature (journal), nucleotides, Philip Ball, RNA, Sara Walker, Twitter}

I’m Baffled by Lee Cronin, and I’m Not Alone

_{Tova Levengood
October 19, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Do you know those prank mirror illusions where an object seems to be sitting in a dish ready to be picked up, but you reach for it and there’s nothing there? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, A Brief History of Time, cars, Charles Sanders Peirce, consciousness, immaterial reality, John Dewey, John Horgan, Matt Ridley, Nautilus, Philip Ball, science writers, Stanford University, The End of Science}

For a Change, Science Writers Think Critically About Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 21, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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They can be quite interesting when they allow themselves to play around with ideas a bit. Read More ›

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Date
May 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Assembly Theory, enzymes, genetic instructions, intelligent design, interpretation, Lee Cronin, life, molecules, Philip Ball, proteins, Quanta Magazine, specification, William A. Dembski}

Meet Intelligent Design’s Naturalistic Cousin: Assembly Theory

_{Science & Culture
May 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When one notices conceptual similarities and parallels, it would be remiss for us not to highlight them. Read More ›

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Date
February 21, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, adenine, Brian Miller, Charles Thaxton, David Klinghoffer, DNA, error catastrophe, Gerald Joyce, Guillermo Gonzalez, Illustra Media, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, macromolecules, Michael Behe, microorganisms, Origin, Paul Nelson, Philip Ball, ribose, ribozymes, RNA, RNA world, Roger Olsen, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

RNA World Is Sterile — And the Mystery of Life’s Origin Remains

_{Science & Culture
February 21, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It’s an uninhabited, inhospitable place where hopes die for life by chance. Read More ›

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Date
December 21, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, biophysics, earth, hydrogen, ice, information, Michael Denton, Nanoscale, Philip Ball, PNAS, proteins, temperature, The Wonder of Water, Velcro, viscosity, water}

The Wonder of Water at the Nanoscale

_{Science & Culture
December 21, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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More detail has come out on the fascinating role of water in cellular dynamics, touched on by Denton in his book, The Wonder of Water. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 21, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, data, evolution, evolutionary biology, John Ioannidis, medicine, narrative gloss, Nautilus, Philip Ball, Research, science, skepticism, Stanford University, storytelling, University of Virginia}

Science on the Rocks

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 21, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences, Medicine

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Perhaps confidence in science can, at times, undermine science itself. How much real history has evolutionary storytelling obscured? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 19, 2017

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Brian Greene, Columbia University, Ethan Siegel, Higgs Boson, Large Hadron Collider, nature, Peter Woit, Philip Ball, string theory, Theory of Everything}

Post-Modern Physics: String Theory Gets Over the Need for Evidence

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 19, 2017

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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String theory, which took root in the 1970s, proposes that “all objects in our universe are composed of vibrating filaments (strings) and membranes (branes) of energy.” Read More ›