17Feb 2022 by Post

Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect

biology, Christie Wilcox, Cinderella, disease, Drosophila, ENCODE, Evolution, Evolution News, Intelligent Design, John Hewitt, Josefa González, Junk DNA, Michael Denton, myelin, natural selection, noncoding DNA, parasites, Paul Nelson, Pseudomonas, retrotransposons, retroviruses, Spanish Research Council, symbionts, The Scientist, transposable elements, transposons
Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation. Source
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01Jan 2022 by Post

Happy New Year! #1 Story of 2021: Cambrian Explosion Goes Nuclear

arthropods, biology, Cambrian biota, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, David Gelernter, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran organisms, Edicaran animals, Evolution, Evolution News, evolutionists, first appearance date, fungus, glide symmetry, Gregory Retallack, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Intelligent Design, latest appearance date, Mongolia, Nama Basin, Namibia, Neo-Darwinism, Peaceful Science, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, University of Zurich, Vendobionta, Yale University
Here are two very interesting updates to my recent articles on alleged Ediacaran animals and the Cambrian Explosion. Source
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22Dec 2021 by Post

Christmas Thought — Intelligent Design Is Good News that Brings Hope

Casey Luskin, Center for Science & Culture, Christmas, Christmas songs, David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Evolution News, Faith & Science, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, John West, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Michael Flannery, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer
I am sitting here listening to Christmas songs as old as I am. Doesn’t anyone write new Christmas songs? Source
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10Dec 2021 by Post

Ever Thought You Could Change Someone’s Mind?

atheists, biology, Books, Center for Science & Culture, Discovery Institute, educational outreach, engineers, Evolution, Evolution News, Faith & Science, Howard Glicksman, human exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Michael Denton, orcas, physicians, Richard Weikart, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, United Kingdom, YouTube videos
Iain was a diehard atheist from the United Kingdom. "I absolutely knew that I would never believe in a creator. It was inconceivable to me," he recalls. Source
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08Dec 2021 by Post

The Return to the God Paradigm

carbohydrate, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, Cristian Bandea, Darwinians, Eric Metaxas, Evolution, Evolution News, Faith & Science, God of the Details, Is Atheism Dead?, Lawrence Krauss, lottery, mutations, nature, Origin of Species, Phillip Johnson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, Steve Taylor, The Blind Watchmaker, The Return to the God Paradigm (series)
The year 2021 witnessed the publication of three similarly but not identically themed books which all oppose the current evolutionary paradigm. Source
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25Nov 2021 by Post

On Thanksgiving, Support the Scientific Defense of Common Sense

1984, algorithms, Big Tech, Boston University, Casey Luskin, Darwin’s Cancel Culture, Douglas Axe, dystopia, eric hedin, Evolution News, free speech, George Orwell, News Media, paid promotion, psychologists, search engines, Stephen Meyer, Thanksgiving, U.C. Berkeley, Wikipedia, William Dembski, World Magazine
“The heresy of heresies was common sense,” Orwell writes. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Source
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10Nov 2021 by Post

Is Genesis “Mytho-History”? As a Guide to Scripture, William Lane Craig’s Book Falls Short

Adam and Eve, Ancient Near East, biblical flood, Christianity, Denisovans, dinosaurs, Evolution News, Exodus, Faith & Science, Genesis, gospels, Hebrew, hominids, Homo sapiens, Human Origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, John Oswalt, Mesopotamia, Middle East, mytho-history, Neanderthals, Noah's Ark, Old Earth Creationists, Persian Gulf, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Satan, scripture, Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda’s Thumb, William Laine Craig, Young Earth Creationists
As an old earther, I was dismayed by Craig’s failure to engage with common old earth interpretations of Genesis. Source
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01Nov 2021 by Post

Big Tech Wants to Control the Future; Here’s What We Can Do About That

1984, algorithms, Ann Gauger, Big Tech, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, censorship, Darwin’s Cancel Culture, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, dystopia, Emily Reeves, Evolution News, free speech, George Orwell, Günter Bechly, information, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan Wells, memory hole, Michael Behe, Ministry of Truth, News Media, Paul Nelson, scientists, Stephen Meyer
According to the Party slogan, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Source
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09Jun 2021 by Post

Erika DeBenedictis and the Cost of Playing God

ARF, Audrey Hepburn, bioethics, Center for Genetics and Society, China, Culture & Ethics, Emily Reeves, Erika DeBenedictis, Evolution News, Forbes, gene editing, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, Hong Kong, INK4a, Intelligent Design, ISSCR, Jin-Soo Kim, Jordan Peterson, Marxists, Medicine, Nature (journal), scientists, Seoul National University, TEDx talk, twins, U.S. Senate, Wesley Smith
I won’t recap the splendid work Emily Reeves has already done here in dissecting the TEDx talk from a scientific angle. Source
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05Jun 2021 by Post

“Fin-To-Limb” Paper Shows Destructive Nature of “Evo-Devo” Mutations

BioLogos, biology, Brian Miller, Cell (journal), Darrel Falk, dorsal fin, dysmorphic, evo-devo, Evolution, Evolution News, heterozygotic form, homology, homozygotic form, Intelligent Design, mutations, pectoral fins, radius, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, tetrapod limbs, ulna
Because of the “dysmorphic” phenotype from a homozygous genotype, these mutant genes would be highly unlikely to become fixed in a population. Source
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