Tag: University of Minnesota

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, common design, creationists, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic differences, genetic similarities, genetic variations, geologists, humans, Institute for Creation Research, intelligent design, Jeff Tomkins, Joel Duff, Jonathan Wells, National Museum of Natural History, persistent scientific errors, PZ Myers, Smithsonian Institution, University of Akron, University of Minnesota, YouTube videos, Zachary Ardern, zombies}

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, atheism, Brian Miller, Brown University, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, citation bluffing, Darwin Day, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Debating Design, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, Ernst Mayr, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Guillermo Gonzalez, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Nature’s Destiny, No Free Lunch, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, Professor Dave, proteins, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Robert Laughlin, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

No. 2 Story of 2024: Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
December 31, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, atheism, Brian Miller, Brown University, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, citation bluffing, Darwin Day, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Debating Design, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, Ernst Mayr, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Guillermo Gonzalez, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Nature’s Destiny, No Free Lunch, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, Professor Dave, proteins, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Robert Laughlin, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, What Darwin Didn’t Know, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
February 5, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›

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Date
January 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Technology
Tagged
, bureaucracy, Elon Musk, John Horgan, NASA, Nature (journal), PubMed, Research, Rob Sheldon, Scientific American, The End of Science, Tibi Puiu, University of Minnesota}

Is the End of Science Near?

_{Science and Culture
January 12, 2023

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Technology

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A study in the premier science journal notes the long term falling off of truly original findings, as opposed to endless citations of others’ findings. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
August 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, BIO-Complexity, cells, evolution, Explore Evolution, genes, intelligent design, Kansas State Board of Education, mutations, promoters, Ralph Seelke, tryptophan, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin}

Ralph Seelke: Remembering a Treasured Colleague

_{Ann Gauger
August 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

I first met you at a conference where you presented a paper on your experiment in long-term-evolution, or LTE. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, California, electric eels, fish, hair cells, intelligent design, Lake Malawi, Living Waters, marine biology, Nature Communications, NOAA, Physical Review Letters, Science (journal), sixth sense, Stanford University, toxins, University of Florida, University of Minnesota, Wikipedia}

Lateral Line: A “Sixth Sense” for Fish (And Other Cool Tricks)

_{David Coppedge
June 11, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

What’s remarkable is that this organ constitutes an analog-to-digital converter, as pressure waves (analog) are converted to electrical signals. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, bees, crabs, crustaceans, cuttlefish, Deborah M. Gordon, emotion, entomologists, Eric Cassell, insects, intelligent design, invertebrates, lobsters, locusts, neuroscience, octopuses, praying mantis, predators, snails, squid, University of Minnesota, vertebrates}

Do Invertebrates Have Feelings?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Just as vertebrates differ greatly in intelligence and sentience, invertebrates may differ greatly too. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 19, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, ALX1, American Museum of Natural History, Biological Reviews, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, evolution, finch beaks, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, Geospiza fortis, haplotypes, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, morphology, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Sisyphus, University of Minnesota}

On the “Sisyphean Evolution of Darwin’s Finches”

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 19, 2020

Evolution

9}

Scientific data are followed by the myth: “Finch beak morphology observed on the Galápagos Islands was used by Darwin to formulate his theory of evolution.” Read More ›

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Date
September 20, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, America, beavers, Current Biology, dandelions, Darwinism, England, fish, fluid dynamics, intelligent design, mantis shrimp, mollusk, pappus, proboscis, Science Advances, Sweden, U.C. Irvine, University of Minnesota, venom, water lilies}

A Snail as Fast as a Bullet, and Other Darwin-Defying Marvels

_{Science and Culture
September 20, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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You could fill up a web publication’s daily coverage just with new wonders from the world of life. Would that be expected given Darwinian assumptions? Read More ›

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Date
July 29, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, Alexander Oparin, Charles Darwin, chemical evolution, coacervates, Darwin Devolves, Douglas Axe, evolution, Illustra Media, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, James Tour, Joseph Hooker, Last Universal Common Ancestor, materialists, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, PNAS, polyester, protoplasm, Science Magazine, Science Uprising, toxins, Undeniable (book), University of Minnesota}

Not Oparin’s Coacervates Again!

_{Science and Culture
July 29, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

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After Oparin’s coacervate theory was presented in the 1920s, it was dismissed as unworkable. Now, coacervates are back in style. Read More ›