Tag: University of Toronto

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 14, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, adaptation, apocalypticism, book reviews, bottleneck, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, evolutionary biologist, Herbert Spencer, human extinction, MIT, persecution, revolutionary science, University of Melbourne, University of Toronto}

When Darwinism Becomes a Fashionable Doomsday Cult

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 14, 2024

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Like all cults, it can make otherwise intelligent people begin to sound rather strange, even precarious. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 26, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, COVID, Darwinism, evolution, experts, icons, intelligent design, Orthodox Christians, pandemic, panpsychism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Shannon information, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, Thomas Nagel, University of Toronto, William A. Dembski, YouTube videos}

Stephen Meyer, Jonathan Pageau: Why Intelligent Design Is Breaking into the Mainstream

_{David Klinghoffer
June 26, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The “experts” undermined their pre-pandemic authority so that many people are willing to take a skeptical look at what prestige science says. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 28, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioEssays, biologists, Carmen Sapienza, Columbia University, DNA, ENCODE, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Forrest Mims, Francis Crick, Genome Biology and Evolution, genomes, intelligent design, John Bodnar, John Mattick, Jonathan Wells, Journal of Human Evolution, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Living with Darwin, Long Story Short, Nature (journal), Nature Methods, Oxford University Press, paradigm shift, Philip Kitcher, predictions, Richard Dawkins, Scientific American, Taylor & Francis, The Greatest Show on Earth, University of Toronto, W. Ford Doolittle, What’s in Your Genome, William A. Dembski}

New Long Story Video Tackles “A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
March 28, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Something happened in 2012 that changed the entire debate in favor of the ID-based prediction that DNA would be largely functional. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Darwinists, DNA, evolution, evolutionists, genius, genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Long Story Short, Nature (journal), predictions, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), science journals, Third Way of Evolution, University of Toronto, William A. Dembski}

A Reckoning for Darwinism as “Junk DNA” Flops

_{David Klinghoffer
March 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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As a product of care and intention, the genome ought to be comparable in a way with products of human genius, with every detail there for a reason. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, biologists, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, function, genome, graduate students, How Life Works, ignorance, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Nature (journal), null hypothesis, Philip Ball, postdocs, researchers, science journals, science writers, University of Toronto}

With One Short Rule, Philip Ball Explains Why “Junk DNA” May Be a Placeholder for Ignorance

_{Paul Nelson
February 20, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

5}

Here is Ball’s proposed rule for molecular biologists: “stop assuming,” he writes, “we know which parts of DNA matter and which don’t.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 2, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, antibiotics, behavior, body decoration, cave art, cavemen, Fossil Friday (series), gene pool, genetic admixture, glue, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, human nature, human uniqueness, jewelry, Neanderthals, ochre, painkillers, seafood, stone circles, Svante Pääbo, Thomas Huxley, University of Toronto}

Fossil Friday: New Evidence for the Human Nature of Neanderthals

_{Günter Bechly
February 2, 2024

Anatomy, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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What is at stake is not just some esoteric species problem in the ivory tower, but the very question of human nature and human uniqueness. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Around the World in Eighty Days, cell vault, eukaryotic cells, evolution, function, genome, Henrietta, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, mice, phenotype, Phileas Fogg, proteins, ribosomes, Royal Society, Sandwalk, steamships, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Press, What’s in Your Genome, Wikipedia}

Why Knockouts and Deletions Are Insufficient for Inferring Function — The Mystery of Cell “Vaults”

_{Paul Nelson
June 14, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

The other day, UPS brought me a copy of Larry Moran’s new book. Moran is a well-known opponent of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
November 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, apes, cats, consciousness, Eva Jablonka, evolution, Irreducible Complexity, Martin Luther King Jr., mice, Mother Teresa, Psychology Today, University of Toronto}

Evolution of Human Consciousness Solved! — Yet Again

_{Science and Culture
November 20, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

What does the term “evolution” contribute to the discussion of the origin of human consciousness? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Armed Forces, Cell (journal), chemotherapy, Clodagh O’Shea, DNA, enzymes, evolution, Heidelberg University, human genome, intelligent design, North Carolina State University, orchestra, proofreading, protocols, ribosomes, specialists, sunlight, University of Geneva, University of Heidelberg, University of Toronto}

Armed Forces in the Cell Keep DNA Healthy

_{David Coppedge
October 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

Science reporters struggle for metaphors to describe the complex operations they see going on in the cell. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, DNA, electrostatics, enzymes, evolution, helicase, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinetics, membranes, molecules, mRNA, ncRNAs, PNAS, RNA, transcription, University of Toronto, University of Washington}

The Electric Cell: More Synergy with Physics Found in Cellular Coding

_{David Coppedge
September 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Imaging techniques down to the picometer scale are permitting detection of previously unknown alliances of cellular software with electrostatics and mechanics. Read More ›