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03Feb 2022 by Post

New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle

Adrian Malone, barbs, beetles, biology, bird feathers, Blepharida sacra, Charles Darwin, Chloe Tenn, Coleoptera, convergent evolution, electron micrograph, Evolution, flat bark beetle, flea beetle, Flight, froghoppers, insect wings, Intelligent Design, J.B.S. Haldane, Japan, larvae, Longitarsus anchusae, Matthew Bertone, miniaturization, Nature (journal), PLOS ONE, ptiloptery, Research, Sergey E. Farisenkov, The Scientist, Zookeys

A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Source

22Jan 2022 by Post

Prebiotic Muffins and an Air of Unreality

biology, Chemistry, cookbook, early Earth, Evolution, Francis Crick, frozen accident, Intelligent Design, James Tour, metabolism, muffins, origin of life, prebiotic soup, recipe

There is a cookbook being proposed for “prebiotic soup recipes” — that is, combinations of non-living chemicals plausibly present on the early Earth. Source

20Jan 2022 by Post

Watch: Animal Algorithms and the Bluff of Darwinism

algorithms, Animal Algorithms, Arctic terns, biology, black box, bluff, Casey Luskin, computer programs, Darwinists, desert ants, Eric Cassell, Evolution, intelligence, Intelligent Design, Michael Behe, molecular machinery, monarch butterfly, navigation

Human navigation technology is just catching up to what animals like these can do by instinct. Source

18Jan 2022 by Post

Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

academic freedom, American Museum of Natural History, baraminology, biology, Cambridge University Press, cats, creationist, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, Evolution, explanatory filter, free speech, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Leslie Orgel, Michael Behe, Michael J. Katz, misinformation, persecution, Richard Sternberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Smithsonian Institution, specified complexity, Templets and the Explanation of Complex Patterns, The Origins of Life, UC San Diego, William Dembski, Young Earth Creationism

There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Source

15Jan 2022 by Post

Michael Denton on Fine-Tuning: Wheels Within Wheels

biochemistry, biology, carbon, Casey Luskin, cosmic fine-tuning, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, humans, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, Phillip Johnson, Physics, Earth & Space, Podcast, universe

When it comes to evidence of fine-tuning in the universe, the more you look, the more you find. Source

12Jan 2022 by Post

Engineers Crash the Evolution Party, Rethink Biological Variation

biology, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Engineering, Evolution, finch beaks, fruit flies, gravity well, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, mutational hotspots, phenotypic plasticity, Podcast, stickleback fish

Miller and Luskin discuss fruit flies, finch beaks, stickleback fish, mutational hotspots, phenotypic plasticity, and the gravity well model. Source

10Jan 2022 by Post

Myth-Making and Malthus

"survival of the fittest", An Essay on the Principle of Population, biology, Capitalism, cosmogenic myth, Economics, Evolution, Kathryn Hughes, laissez-faire, Life Sciences, magpie, Michael Denton, mythopoeisis, Natural Selection: Discovery or Invention? (series), The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe, William Willis

After reading Malthus out of personal interest, it dawned on Darwin how he might usefully appropriate the Malthusian analogy. Source

09Jan 2022 by Post

The Legacy of Erasmus Darwin

abiogenesis, biology, Britannia, Charles Darwin, divine image, eagle, Erasmus Darwin, Evolution, history, Life Sciences, lion, microscope, natural selection, Natural Selection: Discovery or Invention? (series), Origin of Species, Samuel Wilberforce, The Temple of Nature, whale

Erasmus even touched on the theory of natural selection when he concluded that the strongest and most active animals would propagate the species. Source

07Jan 2022 by Post

Sound the Alarm on Germline Genetic Editing

bioethics, biology, Casey Luskin, China, Chinese government, CRISPR, Culture & Ethics, eugenics, genetics, germline editing, Harvest House, He Jiankui, human dignity, ID The Future, Medicine, Podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Wesley J. Smith

As Wesley Smith explains, it’s not just that germline editing could lead to unintended health consequences. Source

06Jan 2022 by Post

A New Flaw in the Miller-Urey Experiment, and a Few Old Ones

atmosphere, biology, biology textbooks, early Earth, Eric Anderson, Evolution, experiments, glassware, Harold Urey, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Wells, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, Podcast, Stanley Miller, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Chicago

It is an interesting finding, but as Wells explains, it is far from the first problem discovered with the experiment, nor the most serious one. Source

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