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Denyse O'Leary
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February 18, 2022
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design, specified complexity
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Here’s the webinar on topoisomerase, the complex ,specified “untangling” enzyme in our cells

Denyse O'Leary
February 18, 2022
Cell biology, Intelligent Design, specified complexity
Introduction: The carefully orchestrated untangling activity of topoisomerase II doesn’t happen by accident. This enzyme is a molecular machine that only works because its amino acid sequence is highly specified to provide a special shape and structure necessary for its function. In other words, topoisomerase enzymes contain high levels of complex and specified information—a hallmark of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 15, 2022
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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At the University of Geneva: “Cellular tornadoes sculpt our organs”

Denyse O'Leary
February 15, 2022
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
So when was the last time we heard about a tornado that wrought anything but destruction? They can call it “self-organisation” if they want but then self-organization is just another term for “design in nature.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 26, 2022
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Cell biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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It just so happens that essential genes are protected from mutations

Denyse O'Leary
January 26, 2022
Cell biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
At The Scientist: Monroe and his colleagues found evidence of specific epigenetic characteristics such as cytosine methylation that prevent mutations from occurring in those regions, not unlike protective barriers. These structures and the variability in mutation rates within a single organism’s genome, Monroe says, suggest that “evolution created mechanisms that changed how evolution works.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 31, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Understanding the engineering of living systems requires acceptance of the design of life

Denyse O'Leary
December 31, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
After a while, expecting randomness to develop exquisite machinery within a fixed time frame becomes ridiculous. The big question is, how much more might we learn if we assume it isn’t random? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 28, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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At Mind Matters News: Are the brain cells in a dish that learned Pong conscious?

Denyse O'Leary
December 28, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
Eric Holloway: A couple other interesting results from the research. First, human-derived organoids always outperform mouse-derived organoids in terms of volley length. Second, even without negative feedback, when the paddle missed the pong ball, the organoids still learn to increase volley length. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 5, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Recognizing Design: Part 2 of the “Introduction to Intelligent Design” video series

Denyse O'Leary
December 5, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
Part 2 applies the core concepts of irreducible complexity and functional coherence to one of the most important functions in each cell - energy production. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 4, 2021
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'Junk DNA', Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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CalTech researchers map spatial organization of the (“junk”) DNA and RNA in the cell nucleus

Denyse O'Leary
December 4, 2021
'Junk DNA', Cell biology, Intelligent Design
At ENST: Now, the windows are opening on [nucleus] organization so all-encompassing for all those non-coding RNA transcripts, it is truly mind-boggling what goes on in the nucleus of a cell. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 30, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Ars Technica slams claims re living, reproducing robots

Denyse O'Leary
November 30, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
At Ars Technica: But the paper buried this in language that, at best, is overhyped, and the researchers aren't even being technically accurate when describing this work to the press. At a time when trust in science seems to be at an all-time low, this isn't likely to be helpful. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 26, 2021
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'Junk DNA', Artificial Intelligence, Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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AI helps us see previously unknown cell components

Denyse O'Leary
November 26, 2021
'Junk DNA', Artificial Intelligence, Cell biology, Intelligent Design
The friend who forwarded this story notes, “Even though we didn’t know maybe half of what’s in our cells, we somehow knew that most of the genome is junk?” Darwinism did that, of course. It was the Darwinians who needed the idea that most of the genome is junk. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 20, 2021
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Cell biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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Protein tidies cells like sorting a kitchen drawer…

Denyse O'Leary
November 20, 2021
Cell biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
At ScienceDaily: "Each compartment created by a lamin acts like a kitchen utensil drawer, keeping knives, forks and spoons easy to access, and more rarely used items like serving pieces out of the way until needed," Reddy says. (And the high information level needed for all that came into existence randomly, of course, just like kitchen drawers and utensils… Which makes sense if you buy the Darwinian approach to consciousness, which treats it as an illusion (whose?) So tidiers and tidying are random too… The people who built up Darwinism decades ago probably didn’t expect to find this stuff. ) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 13, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Microorganisms defy expectations, produce elemental carbon

Denyse O'Leary
November 13, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
At Eurekalert: “We never thought that amorphous carbon could be produced by living organisms because of the normally extreme chemical reactions that are needed to form it,” said Robert White, an emeritus professor of biochemistry in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. “This is the first report of amorphous carbon being produced by any organism on Earth, and we are very interested in the possible implications it may have for the carbon cycle.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 12, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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James Tour on the practical side of intelligent design

Denyse O'Leary
November 12, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
Luskin: James Tour hopes that his nanodrills will find a place in future therapies to treat problems like antibiotic resistance and tumors. At the core of his research is using our own intelligence to create therapies that outsmart antibiotic resistance—in other words, to beat evolution with intelligent design. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 2, 2021
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Animal minds, Cell biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Neuroscientist: Nervous systems alone do not cause consciousness

Denyse O'Leary
November 2, 2021
Animal minds, Cell biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
One-celled intelligence aside, it’s unclear how Antonio Damasio’s ladder of consciousness, built on self-balancing and death avoidance, gets us the human mind. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 28, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
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Scientists’ reaction to ever more of the cell’s complexity in its own environment

Denyse O'Leary
October 28, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
At Nature: “I was so overwhelmed by the beauty and the complexity that in the evenings I would just watch them like I would watch a documentary,” recalls Kukulski, a biochemist at the University of Bern, Switzerland." No wonder panpsychism is catching on, among those who are forbidden to think in terms of design. Read More ›