Tag: University of Alberta

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, armadillos, asteroid, Canada, cave bears, civilization, humans, Myth of the Dark Ages, New Scientist, nuclear weapons, Ontario, sloths, University of Alberta, University of Maryland}

What’s in a Name? Debating the Anthropocene Epoch

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 14, 2024

Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

5}

Earlier this month, geologists voted down a proposal to give the years since 1950 a geological name, the Anthropocene Epoch. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, BioLogos Foundation, Brown University, Charles Marshall, CSI, Denis Lamoureux, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paleontologists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), UC Berkeley, University of Alberta}

Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

_{Casey Luskin
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 6, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Bryozoa, bryozoans, budding, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, climate change, evolution, fossil record, information, intelligent design, molecular studies, Nature (journal), Nature News and Views, Ordovician Period, Stephen Meyer, UC San Diego, University of Alberta}

More Cambrian Woes for Evolution

_{Science and Culture
December 6, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

8}

New fossils continue to put pressure on the evolutionary narrative of gradualism. Read More ›

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post

Date
May 3, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, arthropods, Biomimetics, blood, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cilia, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, exoplanets, fish scales, Hallucigenia, intelligent design, Javier Ortega-Hernández, Live Science, Mars, Michael Behe, mollusks, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Science (journal), Texas A&M, University of Alberta, University of Warwick, white blood cells}

Read Carefully, Nature News Conspires to Refute Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
May 3, 2019

Intelligent Design

7}

The kingfisher bird has to dive after fish rapidly without busting its beak. Japanese scientists looked into the physics of this, and redesigned the noses of their bullet trains. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Archean Eon, atmosphere, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, genetic information, oxygen, oxygen theory, paleontology, Precambrian strata, sedimentary rock, Stephen Meyer, trilobites, University of Alberta}

Newly Identified Banded Iron Formation Puts Origins Theories on Horns of a Dilemma

_{Casey Luskin
July 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

4}

Many claim the Cambrian explosion was triggered by a sudden global increase in oxygen levels. Read More ›