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20Jun 2023 by Post

Replacing Chemistry with Purpose

Bertrand Russell, biology, biomolecules, chemical reactions, Chemistry, Evolution, form, function, Intelligent Design, life, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, observation, organic molecules, organisms, paradigm, random mutation, science of purpose, structure, theory, urea, vitalism

The core argument of neo-Darwinism is, simply, that evolution, and life on Earth, are the result of random, aka, purposeless chemical reactions. Source

19Jun 2023 by Post

Good as Gould? Ask a Chimp

apes, bananas, biology, cages, Canadian goose, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, cooking, curiosity, Evolution, Harvard University, human exceptionalism, human mind, Human Origins, humans, lice, music, Stephen Jay Gould, Western culture

No distinction in kind rather than degree between ourselves and the chimps? No distinction? Seriously, folks? Source

16Jun 2023 by Post

What Do We Know about the Origin of Rhinos?

African elephant, African savanna, biology, Ceratotherium simum, DNA, Donald R. Prothero, Evolution, fossil record, Intelligent Design, Microevolution, mutations, Niles Eldredge, rhinoceroses, Rhinocerotidae, rhinocerotids, Rhinocerotoidea, Stephen Jay Gould, superfamily, Teletaceras, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Although they are not the handsomest or most graceful creatures in the animal kingdom, the Rhinocerotoidea (superfamily) are a fascinating group for research. Source

13Jun 2023 by Post

Jonathan Wells Evaluates Darwinian Evolution in New Online Course

antibiotic resistance, biology, cell biology, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian theory, developmental biology, DiscoveryU, Evolution, fossils, genetics, Icons of Evolution, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Wells, Junk DNA, materialism, molecular biology, natural selection, online course, peppered moths, Podcast, textbooks, whales

How strong is the evidence for Darwinian evolution? What are the limits of the Darwinian mechanism? Source

10Jun 2023 by Post

Listen: Carbon Valley Trumps Silicon Valley

Andrew McDiarmid, biology, Carbon Valley, cell's, Crossway, Douglas Axe, Evolution, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, molecular biologists, natural selection, Podcast, random mutation, Silicon Valley, smartphone, Stephen Meyer, Technology, Theistic Evolution (book)

“Nobody doubts that natural selection and random mutation is a biological process. What we doubt is that they can generate fundamentally new forms of life.” Source

05Jun 2023 by Post

Meyer, Shermer, Callen: “Can Science Find God?”

atheists, Big Bang, biology, Bryan Callen, debates, Economics, Faith & Science, faith and science, free market, Intelligent Design, Michael Shermer, origin of life, Physics, Earth & Space, prime reality, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, self-existence, theists

A key moment is when host Bryan Callen asks the classic “Who designed the designer?” question. Source

03Jun 2023 by Post

Engineering and Evolution in the Microbial World

animals, Azusa Pacific University, bacteria, biology, Carolyn Hovde, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Dustin Van Hofwegen, E. coli, Evolution, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Journal of Bacteriology, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Neo-Darwinism, plants, Podcast, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, University of Idaho

This year’s Conference on Engineering in Living Systems (CELS) is going on right now, exploring design principles at work in living things. Source

30May 2023 by Post

Protein Evolution, the Waiting-Time Problem, and the Intriguing Possibility of Two First Parents

Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, biology, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, Eric Anderson, Evolution, Human Origins, humans, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, monogenesis, mutations, Parents, Podcast, population genetics, protein evolution, proteins, waiting-time problem

After being asked to evaluate the scientific case against Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger dove into population genetics. Source

29May 2023 by Post

Exposing Professor Dave’s Playground Tactics and Citation Bluffing Blitz

abiogenesis, authority, biology, Brian Miller, citation bluffing, Dave Farina, debates, DNA polymerase, Eric Anderson, Evolution, Gerald Joyce, ID The Future, James Tour, Life Sciences, ligation, Long Story Short, Nature Chemistry, origin of life, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, polymerization, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, replication, Return of the God Hypothesis, ribozyme, Rice University, RNA, RNA enzyme, Robert Stadler, sarcasm, Stephen Meyer, Steve Benner, transcriptase, YouTube videos

It’s true that sometimes it can be hard to tell that serious problems remain unsolved until you drill down into the scientific details. Source

26May 2023 by Post

Fossil Friday: A Dinosaur Feather and an Overhyped New Study on the Origin of Feathers

amber, amniotes, biological novelty, biology, birds, chicken embryos, Eastern Kentucky University, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution, feathers, Fossil Friday, fossil record, Francis Collins, Germany, homology, integumental structures, Intelligent Design, Karl Giberson, keratin, mammal hairs, ontogenetic pathway, ontogeny, paleontology, radii, rami, reptile scales, scales, Stuttgart Natural History Museum, The Language of Science and Faith, theropod, theropod dinosaurs

Feathers, which are the most complex integumental structures known in the animal kingdom, without doubt required coordinated changes in numerous genes. Source

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