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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, antifreeze protein, bacterial flagellum, Brown University, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian processes, evolution, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, molecular machines, PNAS, podcast, Ray Bohlin, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film)}

With Kenneth Miller, Behe’s Would-Be Nemesis, History Repeats Itself

_{David Klinghoffer
March 15, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The Brown University biologist is still out there, reassuring the world that unguided “evolutionary mechanisms” comfortably explain the wonders of biology. Read More ›

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Date
March 15, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, arthropods, biological information, body plans, brain, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, digestion, evolution, eyes, fossil record, intelligent design, legs, Mars, National Academy of Sciences, oxygen, PNAS, Precambrian, sexual reproduction, Stephen Meyer, trilobites}

New Paper Confirms the Trilobite Explosion

_{Science & Culture
March 15, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It’s important to note that the “true tempo of early animal evolution” exists in evolutionists’ imaginations, not in the rocks. Read More ›

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Date
March 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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, __cedited, analogy, architecture, Boltzmann brain, codons, Darwinian evolution, entropy, Eugene Koonin, hopeful monster, information, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, letters, Michael Behe, multicellularity, multiverse, natural selection, nucleotides, PNAS, proteome, semantic information, words}

Proteome Is Analogous to Language

_{Science & Culture
March 14, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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A paper likens the proteome to a language with a “quasi-universal grammar” possessing the minimum complexity necessary to function as a cell. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __cedited, chloroquine resistance, Daniel Dennett, Darwin Devolves, Douglas Futuyma, Eugene Koonin, evolution, Genetics (journal), Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicholas Matzke, oocyte, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, Russell Doolittle, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Stephen Jay Gould, The Edge of Evolution}

From Swamidass on Chloroquine Resistance, a Response that Doesn’t Respond

_{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2019

Evolution

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Swamidass’s response doesn’t address our main arguments, but he indicates he is impressed by what Darwinian mechanisms accomplished in generating chloroquine resistance. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __cedited, chloroquine resistance, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanisms, Evolution News, Homo sapiens, John Jay College, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, malaria, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, Powerball, PZ Myers, Response to Criticism, Robert L. Summers, Science (journal), The Edge of Evolution}

On Chloroquine Resistance, Nathan Lents Severely Misrepresents Behe’s Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
February 19, 2019

Evolution

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If you’re going to engage with an individual you disagree with, it’s important to know what that person argues and to state it accurately. Read More ›

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Date
February 6, 2019

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, brain, cilia, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, eyes, feet, health, human body, Immune System, infection, intelligent design, lungs, Michael Behe, mucus, Nature (journal), pharynx, physiology, PNAS, running, vision, walking}

Appreciate Your (Un-Evolved) Body

_{Science & Culture
February 6, 2019

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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Things you probably didn’t even know about should arouse awe as we go about our tasks each day, and sleep each night. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, __cedited, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, Irreducible Complexity, Kevin Williamson, Lehigh University, molecular evolution, multiverse, National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, National Review, PNAS, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, stem, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, theoretical biology, University of Idaho}

When It Comes to Origins Science, Is PNAS Really “Ready When You Are”?

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 31, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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Kevin Williamson imagines that scientists are free to “slug it out” in journals and other academic settings, so that the truth reliably emerges. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 25, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, academic freedom, conservatism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, emotions, intelligent design, Kevin Williamson, Michael Behe, National Review, Nature (journal), novelty, PNAS, Science (journal), Scott Minnich, University of Idaho, William F. Buckley Jr.}

Michael Behe’s Darwin Devolves — When You’re Ready to Think for Yourself

_{David Klinghoffer
January 25, 2019

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The idea that scientists are like tribal elders, to be respected and never questioned, much less smirked at (God forbid), is one possible perspective. Read More ›

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Date
January 10, 2019

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, archaea, asexual reproduction, central dogma, DNA repair, epigenetics, eukaryotes, junk DNA, lipid bilayer, materialists, microbes, Nature (journal), Neo-Darwinism, PNAS, proteins, pseudogenes, RNA, Science (journal), Yale University}

Genetics and Epigenetics — New Problems for Darwinism

_{Science & Culture
January 10, 2019

Botany, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Scientists watched microbes inherit extreme acid resistance in Yellowstone hot springs not through genetics, but through epigenetics. Read More ›

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Date
November 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
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, __cedited, computer model, Dan-Eric Nilsson, evolution, eyes, Free Science, genes, Jonathan Wells, macroevolution, mantis shrimp, Nature (journal), neurobiology, Oxford University Press, phenotypes, PNAS, Richard Dawkins, Theodosius Dobzhansky, UC Santa Barbara, vision}

Can You Say That in Nature? Dobzhansky’s Evolution Cliché Is Becoming Passé

_{Science & Culture
November 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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“Nothing in biology makes sense except…” Go ahead; complete that sentence yourself, with a yawn. Read More ›