Tag: University of Idaho

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 8, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptations, bacteria, biology, Carolyn Hovde, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Dustin Van Hofwegen, E. coli, engineered complexity, engineering, evolution, evolutionary leap, genetic mechanisms, ID the Future, innovation, Jonathan Witt, Journal of Bacteriology, microbes, podcast, Scott Minnich, University of Idaho}

Engineered Complexity in the Microbial World

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 8, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Many biological “adaptations” may involve the use of innate abilities or the disruption of existing functions, rather than the creation of entirely new ones. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Bayes factor, Center for Science and Culture, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dave Farina, Discovery Institute, eggs, embryos, Escherichia coli, evolution, goal-directedness, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, James Tour, likelihood, lizards, metabolites, Michael Behe, NADH, natural processes, Rice University, Scott Minnich, sea slug, The Edge of Evolution, University of Idaho}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

14}

The first exhibit is Lenski’s long-term evolution experiment, in which, after some 33,000 generations, bacterial cells evolved the ability to grow on citrate. Read More ›

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post

Date
June 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, Azusa Pacific University, bacteria, Carolyn Hovde, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Dustin Van Hofwegen, E. coli, evolution, ID the Future, Journal of Bacteriology, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Neo-Darwinism, podcast, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, University of Idaho}

Engineering and Evolution in the Microbial World

_{Science and Culture
June 2, 2023

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

This year’s Conference on Engineering in Living Systems (CELS) is going on right now, exploring design principles at work in living things. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 14, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, Azusa Pacific University, bacteria, biologists, Carolyn Hovde, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, E. coli, engineers, ID the Future, intelligent design, Journal of Bacteriology, Long Term Evolution Experiment, LTEE, Michigan State University, Neo-Darwinism, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, University of Idaho}

Biologist Dustin Van Hofwegen Punctures Claims for Lenski’s Long-Term Evolution Experiment

_{Jonathan Witt
June 14, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Perhaps the biggest evolutionary development in the course of the experiment involved some bacteria beginning to feed on citric acid. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-science, careerism, Discovery Institute, evolutionary theory, John West, Michael Behe, PJ Media, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, scientists, Scott Minnich, The College Fix, The New York Review of Books, University of Idaho}

Why Discovery Institute Has Asked Some Scientists Not to Sign the Darwin Dissent List

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2019

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

3}

This is what I mean when I say the list of a thousand plus vastly understates the number of scientists who are skeptical of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotic cell, 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

6}

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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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 25, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, conservatism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, emotions, homework, 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

4}

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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post

Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 5, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, evolution, Free Science, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Martin Gaskell, National Museum of Natural History, New York Times, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Royal Society, Scott Minnich, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Third Way of Evolution, University of Idaho, University of Kentucky, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post}

New Website Advocates Free Science — An Idea Vital to the Progress of Knowledge

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 5, 2018

Scientific Freedom

5}

Let’s encourage dissent and embrace an authentically liberal approach to scientific inquiry. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 3, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Baylor University, Big Think, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, Robert J. Marks II, University of Idaho}

Darwinian Theory Proved by Video Game? Robert J. Marks Begs to Differ

_{David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

6}

Adaptation, if anything, demonstrates intelligent design, not Darwinism. Read More ›