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Denyse O'Leary
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October 28, 2020
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Genetics, Intelligent Design
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John Sanford and James Tour discuss science and faith

Denyse O'Leary
October 28, 2020
Genetics, Intelligent Design
Dr. James Tour and Dr. John Sanford discuss science and faith, including Dr. Sanford's challenge against the idea of natural selection benefiting the fitness of living organisms, coming as a direct result of his research on genomes showing the fitness of biological systems are degenerating due to the accumulation of harmful mutations. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 27, 2020
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Cell biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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If we need AlphaFold to figure out protein folding, how likely is protein folding to be a product of mere chance?

Denyse O'Leary
October 27, 2020
Cell biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
We are told by many philosophers that life came to exist on Earth purely by chance. How likely is that, given the intricacy of the machinery that governs our bodies, such that someone needs to design AlphaFold to figure it out? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 21, 2020
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Genetics, horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
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Rob Sheldon on those curious DNA circles in the human body and the death of Common Descent

Denyse O'Leary
October 21, 2020
Genetics, horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
This little toolkit looks designed for horizontal gene transport (HGT), but there wasn't anything similar to it for eukaryotes. Then came this article. And apparently humans (a rather sophisticated eukaryote) have circular DNA as well, it just was overlooked for 30 years. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 7, 2020
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Evolution, Genetics, horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
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(Reformed) New Scientist takes horizontal gene transfer seriously

Denyse O'Leary
October 7, 2020
Evolution, Genetics, horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
At New Scientist: “‘Yeast and bacteria have fundamentally different ways of turning DNA into protein, and this seemed like a really, really strange phenomenon,’ he says.” They ain’t seen nothing yet. If you subtract the “random mutation” from “natural selection,” what’s left of Darwinism? By the time the Raging Woke hammer down Darwin’s statue, chances are the New Scientist crowd will have forgotten who the old Brit toff even was. Shrug. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 6, 2020
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Cambrian explosion, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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Cambrian Explosion may have involved new genes

Denyse O'Leary
October 6, 2020
Cambrian explosion, Genetics, Intelligent Design
Researchers: “The genetic mechanisms underlying these events are unknown, leaving a fundamental question in evolutionary biology unanswered.” and “Contradicting the current view, our study reveals that genes with bilaterian origin are robustly associated with key features in extant bilaterians, suggesting a causal relationship.” = the genes originated with the bilaterians (creatures with two distinct sides). Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 5, 2020
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Darwinism, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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(Reformed) New Scientist 9: Survival of the Luckiest

Denyse O'Leary
October 5, 2020
Darwinism, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
At New Scientist: “But evolution can also occur through a non-adaptive process called genetic drift, whereby a gene may become dominant in a population purely by chance… ‘Genetic drift can definitely be a significant driver of evolution,’ says Miles.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 9, 2020
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Extraterrestrial life, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Peer review
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At Retraction Watch: “Transparently absurd” paper at Elsevier

Denyse O'Leary
September 9, 2020
Extraterrestrial life, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Peer review
Retraction Watch: Erm, about that concerning peer review process. Elsevier also was the publisher of the equally risible book chapter claiming that COVID-19 came to earth on a meteorite. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 20, 2020
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Genetics, Genomics, Intelligent Design, Plants
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Devolution: The “surprising” gene costs of the carnivorous lifestyle to plants

Denyse O'Leary
July 20, 2020
Genetics, Genomics, Intelligent Design, Plants
Researchers: "To their surprise, the researchers discovered that the plants do not need a particularly large number of genes for carnivory. Instead, the three species studied are actually among the most gene-poor plants known. " Yes, because - as Mike Behe says - Darwin Devolves. Read More ›