Tag: PLOS ONE

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 17, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, biology, carbon, combustion, computer chips, cosmos, disclosure, Disclosure Day, Discovery Institute Press, Earth’s crust, environmental fitness, extraterrestrials, fire, Goldilocks Zone, government, hominins, Homo erectus, hydrological cycle, intelligent design, knuckle-walking, lasers, magnets, metallurgy, metals, Michael Denton, oxygen molecules, photosynthesis, plant matter, PLOS ONE, primal blueprint, purpose, respiration, semiconductors, South Africa, space, spacecraft, Steven Spielberg, sugars, technology, The Miracle of Man, tools, trees, UFOs, universe, Wonderwerk Cave, wood}

Michael Denton’s Work Shows ETs in UFOs Would Not Exist in a Purposeless Universe

_{Casey Luskin
June 17, 2026

Earth Sciences, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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Fire is a central part of human existence, and it’s a necessary requirement for building technology, whether primitive or complex. Read More ›

Digital illustration DNA structure in blue background

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adenine, Ann Gauger, California, Cambridge, cytosine, Dartmouth College, Darwinists, DNA, England, evolution, genes, Genesis, genetic similarity, guanine, Hebrews, ID the Future, intelligent design, mutations, non-coding DNA, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, proteins, salvo, Stephen Meyer, thymine, War and Peace}

Darwin’s Orphan Foe: A Gene Army Comes for Darwinism

_{Jonathan Witt
October 17, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary theory led evolutionists to expect these genes to be rare. As it turns out, they aren’t. Read More ›

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Date
June 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Asia, climate, Eurasia, food, Gizmodo, human history, Margherita Bassi, migration, Neanderthals, PLOS ONE, rivers, Siberia, University of Algarve, water}

For Migration, Neanderthals Followed Rivers

_{Science & Culture
June 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Of course, if they followed river systems, they were assured of sources of food and water along the way. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 29, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Metascience
Science Reporting
Tagged
, accuracy, artificial intelligence, data, data science, evidence, Evolution News, fakery, fallibility, file drawer problem, fraud, generative ai, integrity, knowledge, Leipzig, Nature (journal), objectivity, peer review, PLOS ONE, PNAS, politicization, post-trust, predatory journals, pseudoscience, public trust, replicability, scientific reliability, scientists, suppressed evidence, The Conversation, transparency}

How the “Scientific Community” Undermines Its Own Trustworthiness

_{David Coppedge
May 29, 2025

Ethics, Metascience, Science Reporting

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The “file drawer problem” leads invariably to biased reporting. It refers to scientists deciding not to report negative results. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 13, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bioinformatics, C. elegans, Discovery Institute, DNA, E. coli, evolution, evolutionary paradigm, fungi, genes, genomes, genomics, intelligent design, nucleotide sequences, ORfan genes, PLOS ONE, search engines}

ORFanID: An Online Search Engine for Identifying Orfan Genes

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 13, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The existence of such genes is surprising given the hypothesis of universal common descent. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 17, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, clouds, Enceladus, Evolution News, France, fungi, Hunga-Tonga volcano, information, intelligent design, Michael Behe, PLOS ONE, spores, Titan}

Information Spreads in the Atmospheric Highway

_{David Coppedge
October 17, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Genetic information gets around. In the troposphere — much higher above land than expected — bacteria and fungi hitch a ride to faraway places. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, Alan Feduccia, birds, Darwinists, data, evolutionary biology, footprints, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, ghost lineages, PLOS ONE, Poland, Temporal Paradox, theory, theropod dinosaurs, tiktaalik, Upper Triassic}

Fossil Friday: Fossil Bird Tracks Expand the Temporal Paradox

_{Günter Bechly
December 29, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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The origin of birds involves a severe problem for Darwinists, which paleo-ornithologist Alan Feduccia has called a temporal paradox. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 16, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Africa, culture, evolution, fire, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, interbreeding, Journal of Human Evolution, last common ancestor, Middle Palaeolithic, Neanderthals, PLOS ONE, Portugal, Science Alert, stereotypes, stone tools}

Were Neanderthals and Humans the Same Species?

_{Casey Luskin
November 16, 2023

Archaeology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The evidence does not demonstrate that humans evolved from some kind of humanlike yet intellectually primitive precursor. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 24, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Arctic terns, birds, brain, Current Biology, Duke University, evolution, hummingbird, intelligent design, Live Science, migration, mimicry, odors, parrots, phytoplankton, PLOS ONE, salmon, zoologists}

Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

_{David Coppedge
July 24, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algae, atmosphere, bacteria, biosphere, carbon, cells, cellular metabolism, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Greenland, heme, hydrogen, intelligent design, Michael Denton, neurons, nitrogen, nucleic acids, oxygen, phosphorus, PLOS ONE, Privileged Species, rare earth elements, supply chain, termites, The Miracle of Man, University of Pennsylvania, vitamin B12}

How the Earth Operates Supply Chains for Life

_{David Coppedge
February 27, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It’s no help having essential elements in the Earth’s crust if they can’t get to the organisms that need them. Read More ›