Tag: PNAS

Glowing flagellar motor at the base of a bacterial flagellum visualizing the rotary motion and its energy source

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, archaellum, ATP synthase, bacterial cell, bacterial flagellar motor, Basarab Hosu, Darwin’s Black Box, Destin Sandlin, engineering, evolution, Harvard University, Honda Civic, intelligent design, living cells, Michael Behe, Michael D. Manson, nanomotors, PNAS, proton gradient, protons, rotary motors, Smarter Every Day, Tesla, unguided natural processes, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Can the Flagellum Get Any Better? Yes! Add Gears

_{David Coppedge
February 24, 2026

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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The bacterial flagellum is more souped-up than even Michael Behe thought: it’s a gear-driven motor of motors! Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Darwinian assumptions, Denisovans, Denyse O’Leary, DNA, Durham University, Europeans, genes, handprints, historical racism, Homo sapiens, human genome, human nature, intelligence, introgression, John Hawks, Michael Gross, modern humans, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, ochre, Paul Pettitt, PIEZO1, PNAS, Racism, Siberia, skulls, Taiwan, teeth}

With Neanderthals and Denisovans, We Are All the Same Kind of Being

_{David Coppedge
November 18, 2025

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Evolutionary anthropologists need to stop putting people groups into “less evolved” categories. It’s a form of historical racism. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
August 6, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, artificial inteligence, evolution, evolutionary process, fitness landscape, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, PNAS, protein folds, proteins, researchers, sampling bias, simulation tool}

False Science: A Claim to Simulate Protein Evolution

_{Cornelius Hunter
August 6, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The researchers designed a simulation tool, and then falsely claimed that it represents the evolutionary process. Read More ›

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Date
August 6, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, citations, government, misconduct, Moore’s law, Northwestern University, PNAS, publications, science, science fraud, scientific literature, scientific process, standards, technology, trust}

Fraudulent Science Networks Outpace Legitimate Science

_{Science & Culture
August 6, 2025

Ethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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"Before the public loses confidence in the scientific process"? Hasn't that train already left the station? 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
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, ATP, Brian Miller, Eric Anderson, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, metabolic pathways, origin of life, PNAS, podcast, proteins, Stephen Meyer, transcription, translation}

Brian Miller: Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Theories

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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Is origin of life research going round in circles, like the proverbial snake in pursuit of its own tail? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anticipation, architecture, avida, cellulose, competition, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwin’s Bluff, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, fitness, foresight, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Marcos Eberlin, natural selection, Neil Thomas, PNAS, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Robert Shedinger, Seattle, University of Michigan}

The Convoluted Concept of Evolving Evolvability

_{David Coppedge
March 27, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Try to wrap your mind around the notion that evolvability evolves by natural selection. On second thought, don’t. It’s not conducive to mental health. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 20, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, creator, David Coppedge, earth, functionality, George Washington Carver, GUT, junk DNA, nature, PNAS, soil, University of British Columbia}

In Search of Nature’s Hidden Design Treasures

_{Eric Hedin
March 20, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Most people are familiar with George Washington Carver and his discoveries of multiple uses for the peanut. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 13, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, arXiv, astrobiology, biosphere, earth, elephants, floods, habitability, ice, intelligent design, livestock, Mars, materialists, Michael Denton, Michael Marshall, natural selection, New Scientist, PNAS, sauropods, vitalism, W. Ford Doolittle, water}

Life as a Habitability Requirement

_{David Coppedge
March 13, 2025

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Astrobiologists often speak of a planet’s requirements for life, but can we turn that around? Is life a requirement for a planet’s habitability? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Applied Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abortion, Animal Algorithms, bacterial flagella, Biomimetics, cable bacteria, centrioles, Current Biology, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, fetuses, Harvard University, intelligent design, Living Waters, mantis shrimp, materials science, Michael Behe, molecular machines, navigation, New Scientist, nose, PNAS, sea turtles, sophistication, springtails, super-resolution microscopy, University of North Carolina, University of Oldenburg}

As Science Observes, Talk of Evolution Fades

_{David Coppedge
March 3, 2025

Applied Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Another point worthy of note: the more sophistication that is found in biological engineering, the more scientists want to imitate it. Read More ›