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21Jul 2023 by Post

Cell Vesicles Wear Sophisticated Coats, Defying Unguided Evolutionary Explanations

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These coats, and the accessory proteins that build them, attach them to vesicles, and disassemble them, exhibit irreducible complexity. Source

30Jun 2023 by Post

On the Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Source

22Jun 2023 by Post

Blood Viscosity and Freezing Temperatures — A Titanic Problem

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Blood viscosity is the technical reason why Jack froze in less than 23 minutes, but icefish can survive for 15 years in water of a freezing temperature. Source

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

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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

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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