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16May 2024 by Post

A Question on New Genes and Animal Origins

animal origins, animals, biologist, biology, Casey Luskin, Evolution, eyes, genes, information, Intelligent Design, metazoans, Nature Communications, proteins, protists, single-celled organisms, taxa

A correspondent wrote to us with an interesting question about evolution that arose in a discussion he had with a biologist. Source

19Mar 2024 by Post

Evolution Falsified? Rope Kojonen’s Achievement

accommodationism, Andreas Wagner, biological complexity, biology, convergence, Evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fine-tuning, fitness landscapes, flora and fauna, Intelligent Design, laws of nature, Ockham’s razor, preconditions, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, science, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), William Dembski

If unguided evolution can account for the eye of an eagle, does it make any sense to say that intelligent design is also needed? Source

23Feb 2024 by Post

Getting It Together: Tethers, Handshakes, and Multitaskers in the Cell

aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, anticodon, biochemistry, Caltech, channel guards, condensates, cubicles, DNA, DNA translation, double duty, droplets, dual affinity, dual affinity proteins, endoplasmic reticulum, ER–mitochondria encounter structure, eukaryotes, Evolution, evolutionarily conserved, Intelligent Design, membrane lipids, membranes, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular machines, multitasking, offices, organelles, paradigm shift, peroxisomes, PLOS Biology, proteins, Ptc5, speckles, tethers, TIM, tom, transfer RNA, tRNA

Running a cell requires coordination. How do molecules moving in the dark interior of a cell know how and when to connect? Protein tethers offer new clues. Source

16Feb 2024 by Post

Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

agency, BioEssays, biology, blueprint, Brian Miller, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), computers, Denis Noble, Dennis Venema, diseases, DNA, Douglas Axe, Evolution, factory, genes, genomes, How Life Works, Intelligent Design, intrinsically disordered proteins, Junk DNA, machines, Nature (journal), organisms, paradigm shift, Philip Ball, proteins, purpose, RNA genes, traits, transformers

In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Source

24Jan 2024 by Post

Brain as a Quantum System: Theory Gets New Traction

Al Gore, anesthesiologists, Astonishing Hypothesis, behavior, Bill Clinton, birds, brain tissue, consciousness, Dorje C. Brody, Francis Crick, George Musser, human mind, internal compass, materialism, Medicine, neurons, Neuroscience & Mind, New Scientist, Orch Or Theory, organoids, proteins, Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, quantum computation, Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Trinity College Dublin, University of Surrey

Hameroff and Penrose’s Orch Or Theory sees consciousness as the outcome of a quantum collapse of a wave function. Source

02Jan 2024 by Post

Physics and Chemistry Could Not Give Rise to Biology

behavior, Big Bang, biological complexity, biology, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Chemistry, convergence, death, Diversity, Douglas Axe, electrostatic laws, environmental conditions, enzymes, equilibrium, Evolution, evolutionary algorithms, first law of thermodynamics, George Ellis, gravity, initial conditions, Intelligent Design, laws of forms, laws of nature, leaves, mass-energy, material mechanisms, natural selection, Nature (journal), nucleotide sequences, periodic table of elements, phenotypic plasticity, physics, proteins, quantum physics, Rope Kojonen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, stem cells, Stephen Dilley, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)

The laws of nature provide stable conditions and physical boundaries within which biological outcomes are possible. Source

22Dec 2023 by Post

Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

author, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, co-option, coordination, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Emily Reeves, Evolution, evolutionary models, flagellar assembly, flagellar function, H. Allen Orr, indirect evolution, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, mental agent, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, protein homology, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, synchronization, T3SS, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), Type 3 Secretory System

Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum. Source

21Dec 2023 by Post

To Understand Nature’s Intentionality, We Must Go Back to the Future

"God of the gaps", Aristotle, body, causation, Christianity, DNA, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, mind, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pierre-Simon Laplace, proteins, René Descartes, ribosomes, science of purpose, scientism, soul, Stephen Meyer, subject-object metaphysics, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski

It required the truly inimitable intellect of Aquinas to Christianize and modernize what Aristotle had said 1,600 years before him. Source

03Nov 2023 by Post

The Best and Worst Heuristics for Biological Discovery

biology, Cell (journal), cellular activity, cryoelectron tomography, cytoplasmic lattices, embryo, embryonic arrest, embryonic development, epigenetic reprogramming, Evolution, filaments, heuristic, Intelligent Design, intermediate filaments, mammalian development, mammalian yolk, mammals, microscopy, oocytes, PADI6, proteins, ribosomal arrays, subcortical maternal complex

"We don’t know what this structure does, so it probably does nothing. Remember, evolution produces a lot of non-functional debris." 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

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