29Jun 2022 by Post

Evolution With and Without Multiple Simultaneous Changes

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Darwinism is committed to evolution happening gradually, one step at a time, by single mutational changes. Source
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05May 2022 by Post

Watch: Michael Behe Corrects Darwin’s Detour with a Cumulative Case for Intelligent Design

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For thousands of years, the design of life was acknowledged by scientists and non-scientists, philosophers and physicians, religious and non-religious. Source
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14Apr 2022 by Post

Ecuador’s Highest Court Grants Rights to Wild Animals

animal rights, animals, bacteria, Climate News, Congress, courts, Culture & Ethics, deer, ecosystems, Ecuador, elephant, fish, forests, geological features, germs, habeas corpus, human exceptionalism, individual animals, insects, Laws, Life Sciences, nature right, New York State, plants, rivers, Switzerland, viruses, water
Nature rights apply to individual animals. And, one would assume, to be consistent, to individual plants, insects, water, and (what the hell) germs too. Source
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12Nov 2021 by Post

Manipulating Molecules: Combining Info + Nano for Better Medicine

adenosine diphosphate, bacteria, biology, cancer, HIV, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Matthew Scholz, Medicine, molecular machines, nanobots, nanocars, Oisin Biotechnologies, promoters, proteolipid vehicles, repressors, Rice University, RNA, scalpel, Stephen Meyer, virus
“Oscar Wilde said nature imitates art,” Meyer said. And today we’re going to see that “technology is able to imitate and even in some ways, improve on nature.” Source
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05Nov 2021 by Post

University of Chicago Biochemist: All Living Cells Are Cognitive

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James Shapiro’s recent paper points out, with examples, that bacteria meet the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of “cognitive.” Source
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04Aug 2021 by Post

Diatoms, an Evolutionary Mystery, Come into Nano-Focus

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The jewels of the microbial world, when seen with new nano-scale imaging techniques, look like Gothic cathedrals. Source
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11Jun 2021 by Post

Is There Discontinuity in Biology — And How Would We Know?

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For my part, I think it’s better to approach the data without assumptions and to let the evidence speak for itself. Source
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