Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

architecture, art galleries, arts, beauty, behavior, biomaxxing, Bryan Johnson, chromatin, concert halls, Culture, DNA, eating, environment, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, exercise, genes, gym, histones, Intelligent Design, literature, longevity, memory, Michael Denton, museums, music, neurocognitive capacity, Samantha Boardman, stress, Thomas P. Gills, Thomas Woodward, University College London, Wall Street Journal
Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways. Source
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Paper Promotes “Weirdest Theory Yet” for the Cambrian Explosion

animal phyla, animals, bilaterian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, coprolites, digestive systems, ecosystems, Ediacaran fossils, Evolution, fecal matter, Feces Theory, genes, genetic information, Gizmodo, oxygen, oxygen theory, paleontology, poop, The Best of Evolutionary Theory 2026, Trends in Ecology and Evolution
First the Oxygen Theory, now the Feces Theory. But how much experience do we really have with feces creating new genetic information? Source
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Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

archeology, brain development, burial sites, cave walls, childhood development, cognitive functioning, Culture, DNA, Evolution, fossils, Friedrich Alexander University, genes, genetics, genome, human mind, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington, intelligence, Kyoto University, language, modern humans, Neanderthals, Nurnberg, paleontology, researchers, Scientific American, Tom Schoenemann
We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Source
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Cronin’s Assembly Theory Continues to Perform Its Magic

Assembly Theory, audiences, biochemistry, Brian Miller, cameras, debates, drink, Evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, food, genes, genetics, Harvard University, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Lee Cronin, magical words, molecules, origin of life, recordings, Research, Rice University, Sara Walker, selection, Videos
Cronin and Walker know what is wrong with origin-of-life research. They’re just afraid of what may be right. Source
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Epigenome Is Biology’s Second Revolution

biology, blueprint of life, cell's, computer keys, computer screen, DNA, epigenetic information, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, fertilized egg, genes, genetics, hardware, ID The Future, information, integrated complexity, Intelligent Design, James Gills, protein robots, supercomputer, Thomas Woodward
Thomas Woodward compares the epigenetic system to a supercomputer where information is written everywhere — on the hardware, the screen, and even the keys. Source
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Addressing More Icons of Theistic Evolution

Ann Gauger, apes, BIO-Complexity, Brown University, Christians, Chromosomal Fusion, chromosomes, common ancestry, crocodiles, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Developmental Cell, DNA, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, Evolution, Faith & Science, fish, Franciscan University of Steubenville, genes, genetic evidence, genetics, GULO, Günter Bechly, human chromosome 2, human genetic diversity, Kenneth Miller, National Center for Science Education, Ola Hössjer, paleontologists, paleontology, Poland, pseudogenes, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, tetrapods, theistic evolution, tiktaalik, __featured1
Professor Kuebler doesn’t acknowledge the pattern of explosions in the fossil record, but he does cite a supposed transitional form. Source
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A Method in the Madness of “Degeneracy”: Here Is Another Genetic Code

amino acids, bacteria, biological engineering, biology, Boris Zinshteyn, codons, combinations, degeneracy, dormancy, Francis Crick, function, genes, genetic code, genetics, hypoxia, Intelligent Design, mismatch, MIT, Mycobacterium bovis, oxygen, Peter Dedon, PNAS, predictions, proteins, Rachel Green, redundancy, Science (journal), Scripps Research Institute, transfer RNA
The report from MIT doesn’t hesitate to call this a “newly discovered genetic code” or “alternate genetic code” with functional significance. Source
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Rob Stadler on the “Low Confidence” Science of Darwinism

biochemical pathways, biology, confidence, Eric Anderson, Evolution, evolutionary process, explanatory power, generations, genes, homology, ID The Future, laboratory studies, mechanisms, medical engineers, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, organisms, Podcast, Rob Stadler, survival, textbooks, two-mutation gap
Across experiments involving bacteria and yeast, researchers found that while evolution can occasionally fix a single point mutation. Source
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Stay Informed about the Evidence for Design, with Michael Kent

Albuquerque, algorithms, alternative splicing, amino acid sequences, Andrew McDiarmid, biology, Brian Josephson, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, David Waltham, digital information, discoveries, earth, Earth-like planets, enzymes, fundamental constants, genes, ID The Future, information processing, initial conditions, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, life, Lucky Planet, Michael Kent, molecular biology, molecular machines, mutation, natural selection, physics, Planetology, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sandia National Laboratories, spliceosome, Stephen Meyer, universe, Why Evolution Is Different
Technological advances have led to the discovery of planets outside our solar system, with news heralding the discovery of many “earth-like” planets. Source
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Paper Defends Spoken Language in Homo erectus

Acheulean stone tools, Africa, Biological Theory, brain size, brain volume, Denisovans, encephalization quotient, Evolution, FOXP2, genes, Homo erectus, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, humans, hunting, hyoid, Indonesia, intellectual capabilities, language, laryngeal air sacs, linguistic communication, linguistics, modern humans, Neanderthals, seafaring, speaking, symbols, thinking
The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size. Source
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