14Jun 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: Darwin’s Abominable Mystery Corroborated Once Again

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This notorious discontinuity in the fossil record did not get any smaller with 160 years of research since Darwin, but instead became more and more acute. Source
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28Mar 2024 by Post

New Long Story Video Tackles “A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA”

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Something happened in 2012 that changed the entire debate in favor of the ID-based prediction that DNA would be largely functional. Source
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16Feb 2024 by Post

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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23Dec 2022 by Post

#10 Story of 2022: Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

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Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Source
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15Nov 2022 by Post

Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

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Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Source
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08Sep 2022 by Post

Can Red Have “Redness” if No Self Perceives It?

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Is not the fact that we are having these discussions the best available evidence that we are not “just overgrown apes or undergrown apes”? Source
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14Mar 2022 by Post

New Animation on Topoisomerase Demonstrates Irrationality of Denying Design Evidence in Biology

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Replication or transcription of DNA stresses the macromolecule, resulting in supercoiling. Topoisomerase II relieves the stress. Source
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