Tag: University of Maryland

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post

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
Rob Sheldon

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Tagged
, constants, cosmic inflation, earth, galaxies, geochronology, graduate school, Hubble constant, Hubble’s Law, rocks, speculation, universe, University of Maryland}

How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?

_{Rob Sheldon
September 9, 2022

Astronomy, Cosmology

2}

A correspondent asked me recently how we know the age of the universe. The answer is calculated from the inverse of the Hubble constant. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 16, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AlphaFold, amino-acid sequences, artificial intelligence, chaperones, DeepMind, DNA, Douglas Axe, engineers, enzymes, Evolution News, evolutionary algorithms, Ewen Callaway, Go (game), hyperdrive, intelligent design, Nature News, No Free Lunch, Nobel Prize, proteins, reverse-engineering, Science (journal), Signature in the Cell, Undeniable (book), University of Maryland, William A. Dembski}

Protein Folding Breakthrough: Evolution or Design?

_{Evolution News
December 16, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

DeepMind, the AI company that beat human Go gamers with AlphaGo, has made progress in solving the protein folding problem. But who deserves the credit? Read More ›

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post

Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, amino acids, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, bacteria, biofilms, cable bacteria, carbon dioxide, electrical current, electricity, Elizabeth Pennisi, hydrogen, microbes, proteins, sediments, semiconductors, toxic wastes, University of Maryland, University of New South Wales, University of North Carolina}

Design Gets Down and Dirty — Complex Specified Information in Electric Mud

_{Evolution News
September 1, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

Bacteria that conduct electricity with cables may be involved in everything from cleansing the oceans and enriching the soil to guarding our own teeth. Read More ›

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post

Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 27, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Denyse O'Leary, DNA, intelligent design, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, molecule, organisms, University of Maryland}

Paper by Biologist Antony Jose Seeks to Understand Heritability Beyond DNA

_{Paul Nelson
April 27, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Fierce debates have occurred among intelligent design theorists — mostly behind the scenes — about the causal role of DNA. Read More ›