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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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25May 2023 by Post

James Tour Focused on Science, Dave Farina on Character Assassination: So, Who Wins?

Alexander Vilenkin, atheists, Avi Loeb, biology, character assassination, Charles Lineweaver, Chemistry, Christoph Adami, Darwin-skeptics, Dave Farina, David Berlinski, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, enzymes, Evolution, genetic fallacy, Ian Tattersall, Inference (journal), James Shapiro, James Tour, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Jeremy England, Lawrence Krauss, Lee Cronin, Life Sciences, Martin Rees, Noam Chomsky, polymers, polynucleotides, polypeptides, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, Richard Dawkins, RNA, specified information, The Workhorse of the Cell
Professor Dave’s attacks undercut his credibility as a spokesman for his own view. If he had the truth on his side, there’s no reason he would behave this way. Source
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19May 2023 by Post

FAQ: The Cambrian Explosion Is Real, and It Is a Problem for Evolution

biology, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Critical Transitions in Nature and Society, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran fauna, Evolution, Evolution News, FAQ, fossil record, genetic information, Graham Budd, Intelligent Design, Jerry Coyne, Martin Scheffer, Nick Matzke, oxygen, paleobiology, paleontology, Precambrian, Professor Dave, scientific literature, Sören Jensen, Stephen Meyer
An email correspondent who is friendly to intelligent design (ID) recently wrote us asking how to respond to common objections to ID arguments about the Cambrian explosion. Source
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16May 2023 by Post

Jonathan McLatchie on Classic Examples of Irreducibly Complex Systems

bacterial flagellar motor, biology, Boston, cell division, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, DNA replication, Evolution, evolutionary biology, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, likelihood ratio, materialists, molecular bioscience, Sattler College
Dr. McLatchie explains the “likelihood ratio” of the evidence for irreducible complexity, a top-heavy ratio he says strongly supports a design hypothesis. Source
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