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18Mar 2024 by Post

Ingenious Artistry in the Origin of Hummingbirds

artistry, Aves, Centropogon, contingency, death, Docimastes ensifer, Ensifera ensifera, Ernst Mayr, Eutoxeres, Evolution, females, genetic drift, happenstance, Heliconia, hummingbirds, Intelligent Design, Lophornis gouldii, males, marvelous spatuletail, Michael Behe, Modern Synthesis, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, pain, peacock, phenotype, plumage, red-tailed comet, references, Richard Dawkins, Sappho sparganurus, sexual dimorphism, sicklebills, Stephen Meyer, sword-billed hummingbird, Trochilidae, waste

In contrast with neo-Darwinism, I conclude that an absolutely ingenious artist was at work here, transcending all human abilities, ideas, and powers. Source

27Feb 2024 by Post

To Dance at Two Weddings: Rope Kojonen’s Evolutionary Quest

bacterial flagellum, biological complexity, biology, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, causes, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, David Glass, design detection, Emily Reeves, Evolution, Evolution News, explanatory value, fine-tuning, fitness landscapes, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mutations, preconditions, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), tinkering, weddings, Zygon

According to a proverb, you can’t dance at two weddings at the same time. Dr. Kojonen believes that you can. Source

14Dec 2023 by Post

Hitting the Brakes on “Rapid Evolution”

Ann Gauger, Bijan Nemati, biochemical weapons, Culture, Darwinian evolution, Defense Intelligence Agency, DNA, E. coli, engineers, Eric Anderson, Evolution, extinction, Idaho, Intelligent Design, Iraq, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, mutations, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, Why It Matters

Evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski hopes to demonstrate Darwinian evolution in action. But one humble scientist from Northern Idaho says not so fast! Source

13Nov 2023 by Post

Epigenetics: Performing the Genome

cadenza, central dogma, coda, Current Biology, diet, DNA, EMBO Reports, environment, epigenetics, Evolution, exercise, Frank Gannon, Frankenstein, genome, Intelligent Design, John Innes Centre, Life Sciences, lifestyle, low oxygen, mental habits, middle C, mind, mood, mutations, pianist, piano, RNA, Serengeti, tempo, University of Georgia, Van Cliburn, Vladimir Horowitz, zebra, zebra finch, zebrafish

Epigenetics is surpassing genetics in distinction, just as the pianist gets the applause and not the piano. Source

13Oct 2023 by Post

Fossil Friday: Rapid Elongation of Plesiosaur Necks Points to Intelligent Design

allometric growth, BMC Ecology and Evolution, cervical vertebrae, crocodilians, cryptozoologists, Darwinian mechanisms, Early Triassic, end-Permian mass extinction, fish, flippers, fossil record, giraffes, Great Dying, homeotic mutations, humans, ichthyosaurs, Intelligent Design, lizards, Loch Ness monster, lorises, macromutations, mammals, marine reptiles, Mesozoic, mutations, neck, neck length, nothosaurs, pachypleurosaurs, paleontology, Permian, pistosaurs, plesiosaurs, population genetics, pottos, Purussaurus, sea snake, sea turtle, sloths, stem group, vertebrae, vertebrates

The breaking of the conserved number of cervical vertebrae is hard to reconcile with an unguided evolutionary mechanism. Source

27Sep 2023 by Post

Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”

autism, binding kinetics, biology, cancer, Crohn’s disease, DNA, eukaryotes, Evolution, fine-tuning, gene expression, Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics, heaters, human genome, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, light dimmer, motor speed, motors, mutations, nucleotides, ovens, phenotypes, power control, proteins, regulatory elements, repetitive elements, rheostat, schizophrenia, Science (journal), Short Tandem Repeats, STRs, transcription factor

Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.” Source

02Sep 2023 by Post

An Impressive Instance of Unguided Evolution? Not So Much

bacteria, biology, biophysicists, Cornelius Hunter, Darwin’s God, Dennis Venema, E. coli, Evolution, evolutionary theory, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, Podcast, protein-protein binding, Ray Bohlin, scientists, The Edge of Evolution, unguided evolution, vertebrate immune system

“There is a desire for the theory to be true in spite of the science," says Cornelius Hunter, "not because of the science.” Source

16Jun 2023 by Post

What Do We Know about the Origin of Rhinos?

African elephant, African savanna, biology, Ceratotherium simum, DNA, Donald R. Prothero, Evolution, fossil record, Intelligent Design, Microevolution, mutations, Niles Eldredge, rhinoceroses, Rhinocerotidae, rhinocerotids, Rhinocerotoidea, Stephen Jay Gould, superfamily, Teletaceras, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Although they are not the handsomest or most graceful creatures in the animal kingdom, the Rhinocerotoidea (superfamily) are a fascinating group for research. Source

30May 2023 by Post