Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

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In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Source
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On Developmental Gene Regulatory Networks, the Scientific Literature Supports Stephen Meyer

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Mutations in genes that affect body plan characteristics don’t lead to new body plans — they lead to dead embryos. Source
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Darwin Devotion Detector: Take the Test Now

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A tongue-in-cheek questionnaire that nonetheless provides real insight into the extent to which Darwinian ideas have captured our thinking. Source
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Consciousness BEFORE Life? These Scientists Say Yes

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One key way life differs from non-life is that life forms have goals. For example, the amoeba seeks to protect itself. Source
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Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

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In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Source
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The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes

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RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics. Source
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Intelligent Design at High Altitudes

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Surprised at the ability of mammals to thrive at high altitudes, some evolutionists are looking to Darwinian theory for answers. Source
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A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning

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The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide. Source
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