Tag: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 18, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, ABC, cancel culture, carbon dioxide, Casey Luskin, Charlie Kirk, climate, climate change, comedians, Elsevier journals, entertainment industry, evolution, evolutionary biologists, ideological differences, ideology, Jerry Coyne, Jimmy Kimmel, journals, lawsuits, Marcel Crok, peer-reviewed articles, physicists, Plato's Revenge, predictions, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, ratings, researchers, Richard Sternberg, Sabine Hossenfelder, settled science, skepticism, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Colbert, Stephen Meyer, The College Fix}

Great Science Cancellation Continues: Here’s the Latest Victim

_{David Klinghoffer
September 18, 2025

Environment & Climate, Scientific Freedom

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In the domination of science by ideology, by the myth of “settled science,” the stakes couldn’t be more profound. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic credentials, academic freedom, Claire Lehmann, commenters, creationists, Darwin-skeptics, David Hullender, Elsevier journals, engineered systems, evolution, evolutionary biologists, harassment, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, Olen Brown, peer review, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, pseudosciences, Quillette, Richard Dawkins, Scopes trial, University of California, University of Chicago, University of Missouri, University of Texas at Arlington, Why Evolution Is True}

Jerry Coyne and His Readers Attack Academic Freedom, and Call for More Intolerance

_{Casey Luskin
September 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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It became clear that Coyne’s whole point was to gin up harassment of the journal so they won’t publish critiques of evolution in the future. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cellular life, co-origination, cofactors, David A. Hullender, DNA repair, elementary particles, Elsevier, Elsevier journals, enzymes, evolution, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, junkyard tornado, minimal living cell, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma mycoides, naturalistic evolutionary processes, Olen R. Brown, oxidative phosphorylation, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, universe, University of Missouri, University of Texas at Arlington, vitamins, Why Evolution Is True}

To a Pro-Intelligent Design Paper, Biologist Jerry Coyne Reacts with Question-Begging

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The paper seeks to elucidate the plausibility of naturalistic evolutionary processes generating a minimal living cell. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cellular basis of consciousness, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian theory, evolution, genomes, James Shapiro, living cells, meaning, natural selection, panpsychism, Philip Ball, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, purpose, random mutation, tautology}

Now, Here’s a Theory of Evolution Based on Cellular “Thinking”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Note how far we are from the world of Darwin’s followers now, while still staying with the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, biological machines, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, David Hullender, dogmatism, Neo-Darwinism, Olen Brown, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, self-assembly, strengths and weaknesses, University of Missouri, University of Texas}

Can AI Help Us Assess Neo-Darwinism?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin unpacks three recent scientific papers warning that neo-Darwinism must be updated if it has any hope of surviving as a theory. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
May 1, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, Denis Noble, dissidents, epigenetic inheritance, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, genetic change, horizontal gene transfer, New Synthesis, panspermia, Peter Corning, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, purposiveness, symbiosis, synergistic selection, synergy, teleonomy, The Selfish Gene, unguided evolution, Wikipedia}

Another Call for a “New Synthesis”

_{Daniel Witt
May 1, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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I recently wrote a post critical of biologist Peter Corning’s “synergism hypothesis.” Afterwards Dr. Corning got in touch. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, artificial intelligence, biologists, chess, Darwinian evolution, David Hullender, Elsevier, equations, evolution, evolutionary models, Isaac Newton, J. Robert Oppenheimer, logic, Olen Brown, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, scientific inquiry, self-assembly}

Science Paper: Use Artificial Intelligence to Challenge Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
April 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The authors conclude, "It seems remote that AI would conclude that it is ‘turtles all the way down’.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Cambrian News, David A. Hullender, Elsevier, Émile Borel, evolution, Evolution News, genome, Krebs cycle, microevolution, Modern Synthesis, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, Olen R. Brown, On the Origin of Species, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Research, selection, South Africa}

No. 5 Story of 2023: Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

_{Casey Luskin
December 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Arthur S. Reber, cells, central dogma, consciousness, DNA, Francis Crick, František Baluška, James Shapiro, materialism, neurons, Nobel Prize, nucleic acids, Oxford University, panpsychism, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, RNA, Scientific American, The Scientist, UCLA, University of Bonn, University of British Columbia, University of Chicago, William B. Miller Jr.}

Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian gradualism, David A. Hullender, Denis Noble, Elliott Sober, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, intelligent design, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, Niles Eldredge, Olen R. Brown, probability, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, punctuated equilibrium, Saint Augustine, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Templeton Foundation}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Cites Stephen Meyer to Critique Darwinian Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
March 16, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"Many life forms with essentially new body types appeared quickly and without precursors in the Burgess Shale in Kicking Horse Valley in British Columbia." Read More ›