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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 25, 2011

Categories
Epigenetics
News}

Epigenetics: Inheritance of longevity non-genetic?

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October 25, 2011

Epigenetics, News

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"The research at least hints at the possibility that modifications that occurred in your great-grandparents, perhaps as a result of diet or other environmental conditions, will affect your own life span." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 25, 2011

Categories
Christian Darwinism
News}

Observant Jew Prager takes on Christian Darwinist Giberson

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October 25, 2011

Christian Darwinism, News

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"If these professors typify the views of Eastern Nazarene, which is officially listed as a Christian university, it is reason for despair." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 24, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
News}

A 4-minute teaser of the Programming of Life vid

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October 24, 2011

Evolution, Intelligent Design, News

1}

Here, 4 min, if you can’t make time for the 45 min version: Follow UD News at Twitter!

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 24, 2011

Categories
News
science education}

National Center for Science Education (the Darwin lobby) appeals to racism to get its message across?

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October 24, 2011

News, science education

1}

Will this film be on the court-ordered curriculum of tax-supported US schools? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 24, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
News}

Design inference: Giant kraken for Hallowe’en

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October 24, 2011

Evolution, Intelligent Design, News

3}

"It also looked like the bones had been purposefully rearranged. That it got him thinking about a particular modern predator that is known for just this sort of intelligent manipulation of bones." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 24, 2011

Categories
Human evolution
News}

Human evolution: Neanderthals had short legs because they lived in hilly areas?

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October 24, 2011

Human evolution, News

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An actual example of natural selection at work - not a fable for once. And the process is usually reversible. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 24, 2011

Categories
News
Off Topic}

Why Islam is in as much trouble as the West, despite the hype

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October 24, 2011

News, Off Topic

1}

Because numbers matter and no one can beat demographic collapse Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 24, 2011

Categories
News
stasis}

Tiger skull from 2.5 mya: Evolution “got it right”? Actually, unacknowledged stasis

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October 24, 2011

News, stasis

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"The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center's Meachen said the skull's similarity to those of living tigers and jaguars is more striking than the differences." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 24, 2011

Categories
Culture
News
Science}

Science life: Reality vs. what you can tell people

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October 24, 2011

Culture, News, Science

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Actually, the private sector isn’t great either. As PayPal’s Peter Thiel has pointed out, Big Pharma is wholesale liquidating research departments in an atmosphere where their patents are expiring and “Most proteins that drive disease processes are actually undruggable.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 23, 2011

Categories
Evolution
News}

Free for download until October 26: Paper on opsin (eye protein) evolution

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October 23, 2011

Evolution, News

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"Understanding the evolutionary history of opsins is key to understanding the evolution of light detection and photoreception in animals." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 23, 2011

Categories
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
News}

Human evolution: “We do not have a single origin in Africa”

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October 23, 2011

Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News

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"It could just as easily have been the Neanderthals who lived on, and not us." Actually, it sounds like a split decision. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 23, 2011

Categories
Evolution
News}

Largest ever fossil rabbit found, not in Cambrian

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October 23, 2011

Evolution, News

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It may be analogous to the extinct (in recent memory)10-ft, flightless elephant bird of Madagascar. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 23, 2011

Categories
Christian Darwinism
Culture
News}

Remember that new Christian university group, Ratio Christi, that was unambiguously friendly to ID?

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October 23, 2011

Christian Darwinism, Culture, News

1}

Sounds like they mean it. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 23, 2011

Categories
Atheism
Culture
Darwinism
News}

A contrarian view of Dawkins not debating Craig

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October 23, 2011

Atheism, Culture, Darwinism, News

3}

In my view, Dawkins is totally wrong about evolution but he does have a certain integrity. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
October 23, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mind
Neuroscience
News}

Neuroscience: Computer games cause dementia in children?

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October 23, 2011

Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience, News

3}

Some of us believe it’s too soon for meaningful papers on kids and new media. Read More ›