27Jul 2022 by Post

High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin

abiogenesis, ADP, ATP, ATP synthase, batteries, biopolymers, chemiosmotic coupling, drivetrain, Energy, energy harnessing, Evolution, gasoline, homeostasis, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, lightning, Long Story Short, membranes, natural selection, origin of life, plants, promissory note, proton gradients, protons, regulators, RNA, self-replication, solar panels, sun, sunlight, transformers, volcanoes
Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Source
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21Jul 2022 by Post

How Octopuses Got So Smart? “Junk DNA”

biology, birds, brain, California octopus, clams, common octopus, genome, intelligence, Intelligent Design, invertebrates, jumping genes, Junk DNA, Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements, mammals, marine invertebrates, Neuroscience & Mind, octopuses, oysters, transposons, unguided evolution
Jumping genes used to be dismissed as junk DNA which in turn was held to be slam-dunk evidence for unguided evolutionary processes. Source
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20Jul 2022 by Post

This Cambrian Explosion “Explanation” Qualifies as Propaganda

arthropods, brain, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, crap theory, Current Biology, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Derek E. G. Briggs, Ediacaran Period, evo-devo, Evolution, fecal material, fossil record, Intelligent Design, Izvestia, Kimberella, morphology, nervous system, newspapers, oxygen level, Palaeophragmodictya, phyla, Pravda, stem taxa, Stephen Meyer, USSR
It’s interesting to see what Derek E. G. Briggs is willing to admit about the Cambrian explosion. Source
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19Jul 2022 by Post

Count the Stars: Webb Space Telescope and the God Hypothesis

Abraham, atheists, Big Bang, Brian Keating, cosmology, Dennis Prager Show, Faith & Science, heavens, Intelligent Design, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, space, stars, Stephen Meyer, UC San Diego
I was listening to the Dennis Prager Show and found to my delight that his guest was our friend Brian Keating, the distinguished UC San Diego cosmologist. Source
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18Jul 2022 by Post

If Nanomotors Are Designed, Why Not Biomotors?

Alexander Graham Bell, ATP molecules, ATP synthase, biological motors, Cees Dekker, chloroplast membrane, Delft University of Technology, DNA, Evolution, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Intelligent Design, Jingang Li, K-Pop, Koreans, Life Sciences, mitochondrial membrane, nanoturbine, Nature Foods, New Scientist, photosynthesis, Samuel Morse, UC Riverside, University of Texas
Physical chemists are justifiably proud of their tiny motors that do little more than spin. How can they say that much more complex motors in life evolved? Source
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17Jul 2022 by Post

Brain Size Doesn’t Determine Intelligence

Ars Technica, birds, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, genetic engineering, Homo sapiens, human brain, humans, information processing, Intelligent Design, jetliner, John Timmer, lemurs, London School of Economics, Michael Denton, Michel Hofman, monkeys, Neuroscience & Mind, octopus, oxygen, Peter Cochrane, primates, psychology, superintelligence, synaptic connections, The Miracle of Man
Brains are not simple, so many “just common sense” theories have fallen by the wayside. Source
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16Jul 2022 by Post

The Gollum Effect in Science, from Tycho Brahe to Today

academia, Andrew McDiarmid, astronomers, autopsy, banquet, Darwinian theory, Evolution, evolutionists, Gollum, history, history of science, Intelligent Design, Johannes Kepler, Michael Keas, Physics, Earth & Space, science, Times Higher Education, Tycho Brahe, Unbelievable?
Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer, sat on his astronomical research for years, rather than sharing it with Johannes Kepler, his assistant. Source
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14Jul 2022 by Post

Stephen Meyer: How Misunderstood Science Drives Religious Disbelief

atheists, churches, conformism, cosmology, COVID-19, cowardice, Discovery Institute, Evolution, faith, Gallup poll, groupthink, Intelligent Design, liturgy, Newsweek, nones, Pew Research Center, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific mainstream, scientists, Stephen Meyer, survey, universe, young people
What a shame that the scientific mainstream has done such a poor job of communicating its own discoveries to the public. Source
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13Jul 2022 by Post

On Cambrian Explosion, Biology Journal’s Special Issue Betrays Cause for Darwin Doubts

bilaterians, biology, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Charles Marshall, citrate, Current Biology, David Klinghoffer, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran Period, Evolution, Florian Maderspacher, gene regulatory networks, Graham Budd, Hervé Philippe, Intelligent Design, James Valentine, Maximilian Telford, phenotypes, Precambrian, Richard Lenski, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma, Uppsala University, Vernanimalcula
The strength of a theory can be gauged by how well it stands up to attacks and how well it incorporates new evidence. Source
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