Tag: Vanderbilt University

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, BRAF, cancer, cancer genomics, cell growth, cell types, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, Denis Noble, driver mutations, EGFR, evolution, genes, IDH1/2, intelligent design, JAK2, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Kras, metazoans, Michael Behe, Molecular Cancer Research, mutations, National Cancer Institute, Perry Marshall, PIK3CA, reproduction, survival, tumor, tumor promoter proteins, tumor suppressor proteins, Vanderbilt University}

Two Peer-Reviewed Papers Apply Behe’s “Darwin Devolves” Thesis to Cancer

_{Casey Luskin
September 15, 2025

Evolution, Medicine

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One day in the mid 2010s, Ann Gauger and I received a message that an ID-friendly scientist was in town and wanted to meet us. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, A Civic Biology, ACLU, Alexander Heard, Antonin Scalia, Arkansas, Ball State University, blacklisting, censorship, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, Dayton, Denis Noble, education, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, Günter Bechly, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Julian Huxley, Michael Behe, monkey law, National Center for Science Education, Neo-Darwinism, npr, Richard Sternberg, Scopes trial, speech codes, Stephen Jay Gould, Tennessee, tenure, The Daily Wire, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University}

A Century After the Scopes Trial, Censoring Spirit on Evolution Still Thrives

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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From evolutionists, a surge of persecutions has included tenure denials, job blacklisting, and speech codes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Alexander Winchell, Antonin Scalia, censorship, Dayton, Edward J. Larson, Evolutionary Studies Institute, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Plato’s Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Scopes Monkey Trial, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Daily Wire, Vanderbilt University}

One Hundred Years After Scopes, It’s “Scopes-in-Reverse”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

3}

Casey Luskin tried to contact the folks at Vanderbilt about the lock-out, but no one even bothered to get back to him. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, bacterial cell, bacterial flagellum, chemotaxis, Discovering Intelligent Design, effectors, feedback, gears, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, operating system, propeller, protons, Scott Minnich, sensors, Vanderbilt University, YouTubers}

Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy, Technology

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In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 17, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, alligators, anole lizard, asteroid, birds, crocodiles, dinosaurs, intelligence, lizards, mammals, NASA, octopuses, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, theropod, Tyrannosaurus rex, Vanderbilt University}

New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 17, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

4}

One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, Andreas Vesalius, carbon dioxide, Casey Luskin, Cell (journal), Charles Darwin, elements, fruit, intelligent design, leaves, meat, metals, Michael Denton, Middle Ages, Nicolaus Copernicus, Plants (journal), poultry, primal blueprint, prior fitness, proteins, seafood, seeds, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, Vanderbilt University, water cycle, zinc}

Zinc and the Miracle of Man

_{David Coppedge
June 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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Elemental zinc pulls together multiple themes that biologist Michael Denton writes about in his new book. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chloroplasts, Current Biology, David Wolpert, evolution, Francis Bacon, Heidelberg University, heterochromatin, information flow, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, jumping genes, junk DNA, kinesin, mechanical philosophy, Nobel Prize, open reading frame, Prime Mover, proteins, Ribosome, Robert Boyle, robotics, Rockefeller University, Salk Institute, Santa Fe Institute, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University, William A. Dembski, William Paley}

Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?

_{David Coppedge
May 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

11}

We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2020

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, academia, African Savannah, atoms, bacteria, Big Bang, cheetahs, chemical elements, cynicism, Discovery Institute, elements, gazelles, hydrogen, intelligent design, King’s College London, media, Michael Denton, miracle, neutrophils, nitrogen, oxygen, Periodic Table, primal blueprint, relationships, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Miracle of the Cell, Vanderbilt University, water, white blood cells}

New Book by Biologist Michael Denton on Nature’s Miraculous “Primal Blueprint”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2020

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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To see cells in action, he notes a remarkable video, “Neutrophil Chasing Bacteria,” made in 1950s by a researcher at Vanderbilt University. Read More ›

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Date
May 15, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon, cardiovascular disease, cells, coronavirus, delivery, endosomes, enzymes, FedEx, Max Planck Institute, PNAS, ribosomes, sex, shipping, sperm, trash, U.C. San Diego, U.S. Postal Service, ubiquitin, UPS, Vanderbilt University, vesicles}

Just-in-Time Delivery in Living Cells

_{Science and Culture
May 15, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Our modern world relies on shipping and receiving, but many cargoes have to arrive at the right time to be useful. Read More ›

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Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, bromine, Bronze Age, calcium, carbon, chlorine, collagen, Donald Brownlee, Enceladus, Europa, hydrogen, intelligent design, Iron Age, Jupiter, magnesium, Michael Denton, Milky Way, nitrogen, oxygen, Periodic Table, Peter Ward, phosphorus, potassium, rare earth elements, Saturn, Science (journal), sodium, Stone Age, sulfur, supernova, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, Vanderbilt University}

Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
March 5, 2019

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›