Tag: Uppsala University

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, archetype, biological systems, biology, cold-spots, Daphne Major, Darwin's Finches, DNA, evolution, finches, fitness, Galápagos Islands, generalists, genetic variation, haplotype blocks, intelligent design, line, optimality, Pareto front, Pareto trajectory, Peter and Rosemary Grant, polytope, radiation, random mutations, randomness, specialists, systems biologists, trade-offs, triangle, Uppsala University, Uri Alon, Vilfredo Pareto}

Optimization: The Engineering Explanation for “Evolution Happening Before Our Eyes”

_{Emily Reeves
October 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

9}

On Daphne Major, a Galápagos island, there are three major types of finch food: large seeds, small seeds, and pollen and insects. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, debates, dragon, English, evolution, Fundacja En Arche, Holocaust, intelligent design, Malgorzata Moczydlowska-Vidal, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, philosophers, Poland, Polish, pseudoscience, Richard Sternberg, scientists, Sweden, Uppsala University, Vladimir Putin}

In Debate on Intelligent Design, Critic Cites Dragon Legend to Justify Evolution’s Failures

_{David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

It is, as Professor Behe acknowledges, a charming tale, but not very relevant as far as the details of the scientific debate go. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, archaea, boron, cabbage, Casey Luskin, chocolate, cobalt, coffee, coins, copper, corn, Dartmouth College, elements, Harvard School of Public Health, hemoglobin, human body, intelligent design, iron, manganese, Michael Denton, milk, mushrooms, nickel, nuts, onions, organs, oysters, peas, phosphorus, PNAS, potassium, Privileged Species, protein science, rhubarb, The Miracle of the Cell, thyroid gland, tissues, tomatoes, Uppsala University, urine, zinc}

Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel? It’s Essential for Life, and Likely an Indicator of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
June 8, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

9}

Nickel is an essential element in the human body, but too much is toxic. Here’s another element our planet had to provide. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, Australia, bioRxiv, Borgs, fungi, genes, genomes, horizontal gene transfer, information, jumping genes, microbes, Neo-Darwinism, PNAS, prokaryotes, selfish genes, SETI, Star Trek, Starships, Sweden, transposable elements, transposons, Uppsala University}

Starship Enterprise: Fungal Transposons Boldly Go

_{David Coppedge
April 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Newly recognized large transposable elements in fungi dubbed Starships may not be selfish after all. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ATP synthase, bacterial cell, cells, complexity, DNA, efficiency, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, evolutionary biologists, humpback whale, Illustra Media, ingenuity, intelligent design, Living Waters, Michael Denton, molecular machines, natural selection, PNAS, proofreading, proteins, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Tim Standish, Uppsala University}

Denton’s “Puzzle of Perfection,” Then and Now

_{David Coppedge
April 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

The flip side of Darwin’s proposal of natural selection as a designer substitute is that “things look designed — because they are designed.” Read More ›

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post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Arctic Ocean, biodiversity, Cartorhynchus, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, Germany, Holzmaden, ichthyosaurs, intelligent design, Lower Jurassic, marine reptiles, Norway, Permian-Triassic extinction, population genetics, Posidonia shale, Stenopterygius quadricissus, Sweden, theists, Uppsala University, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Ichthyosaurs

_{Günter Bechly
March 17, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

5}

With increasing knowledge of the fossil record, the mainstream narrative is rendered more and more untenable and inconsistent with the empirical evidence. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bilaterians, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Charles Marshall, citrate, Current Biology, David Klinghoffer, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran Period, evolution, gene regulatory networks, Graham Budd, intelligent design, James Valentine, Maximilian Telford, phenotypes, Precambrian, Richard Lenski, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma, Uppsala University, Vernanimalcula}

On Cambrian Explosion, Biology Journal’s Special Issue Betrays Cause for Darwin Doubts

_{David Coppedge
July 13, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

14}

The strength of a theory can be gauged by how well it stands up to attacks and how well it incorporates new evidence. Read More ›

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post

Date
October 29, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, biomimicry, dragonfly, evolution, Flinders University, intelligent design, neurons, Odonata, PNAS, Uppsala University}

Dragonflies Make the Most of a Tiny Brain

_{Science and Culture
October 29, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

For an animal whose brain is the size of a pinhead, one would think its capabilities would be hopelessly limited. Not so. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academicians, bacteria, bacteriophages, CRISPR, Darwinian theory, DNA, electrons, Escherichia coli, evolution, geometry, intelligent design, light bulb, molecular machines, nanowires, Nature (journal), Neil Thomas, oxygen, pili, PNAS, Science Daily, seafloor, soil, Spain, Switzerland, Taking Leave of Darwin, Uppsala University, Yale University}

Tricks of the Cell Trade

_{Science and Culture
September 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Cell processes are quick and efficient. They can even solve geometry problems in the dark without eyes or brains. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 15, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, Anomalocaris, artifact hypothesis, biofilms, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Chengjiang fossils, China, conservation, Croatia, Darwinism, Ediacaran Period, Ernst Haeckel, fossil record, Greenland, Live Science, microfossils, Molecular Biology and Evolution, mouse, multicellular organisms, Opabinia, precambrian fossils, Science (journal), Sebastian Willman, Stephen Meyer, The Scientist, Uppsala University, zebrafish}

First Animals? Fossils Won’t Fit Cambrian Evolution

_{Science and Culture
December 15, 2020

Evolution

7}

Evolutionists are still fighting over the first animals. Each new fossil creates new questions, but there is one constant: bluffing that Darwinism is true. Read More ›