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Denyse O'Leary
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September 27, 2021
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What happens when DNA snaps?

Denyse O'Leary
September 27, 2021
Cell biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
At Evolution News: "When both DNA strands break (the “double-stranded break” crisis, or DSB), a cell can die. Molecular machines fly into action as the strands flail about, threatening genomic catastrophe. The repair crew has an additional problem: unlike the bridge cable, the DNA strand is made up of a sequence of code that needs to match what was there before the DSB. In a process called homologous recombination, the machinery searches for a template to rebuild the broken sequence." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 19, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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At Quanta: “The molecular signaling systems of complex cells are nothing like simple electronic circuits.”

Denyse O'Leary
September 19, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
Actually, the best way to understand the systems would be that they are somewhat like a great novel. To someone with no understanding of the language, it might seem like a “riot” or “mess” of meaningless characters. To someone who does understand the language and has a mature appreciation of literature and life, it seems like “a sophisticated signal-processing system that can extract information reliably and efficiently from complicated cocktails of” life. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 19, 2021
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A vid on cell division that should make Darwinians wince

Denyse O'Leary
August 19, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
A reader comments: Veritasium says reasonable things until the last 10 seconds when we hear "We will create nanobots able to work better than the natural ones to make molecular repairs to your body." Honestly, how likely is that. Would anyone prefer an artificial leg to a real one? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 11, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Asked at the Journal of Theoretical Biology: Is the cell REALLY a machine?

Denyse O'Leary
August 11, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
Daniel J. Nicholson: "... the recent introduction of novel experimental techniques capable of tracking individual molecules within cells in real time is leading to the rapid accumulation of data that are inconsistent with an engineering view of the cell. This paper examines four major domains of current research in which the challenges to the machine conception of the cell are particularly pronounced" Read More ›
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Joshua Gidney
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June 27, 2021
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Biology, Books of interest, Cell biology, Christian Darwinism, Courts, Creationism, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Food for thought, Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism, Philosophy, rhetoric, Science, theistic evolution, Video
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Ten (or so) Anti-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read

Joshua Gidney
June 27, 2021
Biology, Books of interest, Cell biology, Christian Darwinism, Courts, Creationism, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Food for thought, Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism, Philosophy, rhetoric, Science, theistic evolution, Video

I have posted the second video in my two part book recommendation series on the YouTube channel. In the previous video I highlighted many books that argue for intelligent design. My view is that proponents of design should face the strongest criticisms possible, and not be afraid of doing so. In line with this philosophy, in this video I talk about just a handful of the many books that attempt to refute ID. Again, I would be interested to know what others think are the best books that attempt to show ID is wrong. Ten (or so) Anti-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read

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Joshua Gidney
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June 16, 2021
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Biology, Books of interest, Cell biology, Design inference, Evolution, Food for thought, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Media, Naturalism, Origin Of Life, Philosophy, Science, specified complexity, The Design of Life, Video
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Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read

Joshua Gidney
June 16, 2021
Biology, Books of interest, Cell biology, Design inference, Evolution, Food for thought, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Media, Naturalism, Origin Of Life, Philosophy, Science, specified complexity, The Design of Life, Video

On the Design Disquisitions YouTube channel, I’ve posted a new video where I recommend several books of interest, specifically pro-ID literature. Most of the suggestions may be familiar to you, but hopefully there are a few that you’ve not read before. I also give a brief summary of the content of each book. I don’t claim that the books mentioned are necessarily the best, but I think anyone who wants to join the discussion needs to be familiar with some of these. Let me know what you would add to the list! Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read

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Denyse O'Leary
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May 27, 2021
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Cell biology, Evolution, Genomics, Intelligent Design
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Cells compared across species — expected to be similar — prove strikingly different

Denyse O'Leary
May 27, 2021
Cell biology, Evolution, Genomics, Intelligent Design
At SciTechDaily: “I was struck by how stark the differences are between them,” said Tarashansky, who was lead author of the paper and is a Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Fellow. “We thought that they should have similar cell types, but when we try analyzing them using standard techniques, the method doesn’t recognize them as being similar.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 14, 2021
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Animal minds, Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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How exactly do one-celled life forms learn?

Denyse O'Leary
May 14, 2021
Animal minds, Cell biology, Intelligent Design
Where do they store memories? New thinking is, changes in the state of the life form, resulting in changed behavior — which amounts to learning — need not “be someplace” or weigh something, for the same reasons as a full USB stick doesn’t weigh any more than an empty one. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 7, 2021
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Cell biology, Evolution, horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: The last bacterial common ancestor had a flagellum

Denyse O'Leary
May 7, 2021
Cell biology, Evolution, horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
Question: If the last common ancestor of the bacterium had a flagellum, what do we really know about the evolution of the flagellum? Isn’t that a bit like finding a stone laptop in a Neanderthal cave? That said, it’s nice to see horizontal gene transfer getting proper recognition. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 1, 2021
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Researchers report strange life form from a billion years ago

Denyse O'Leary
May 1, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
At Gizmodo: "it now seems possible that more than one evolutionary pathway led to the first multicellular lifeforms." That’s dangerously close to saying that all life didn’t begin with a single cell. But weren’t we all ordered to believe that because the origin of life is so fantastically unlikely that it could only have happened once? Read More ›