Michael Behe
Michael Behe on the X Factor in Life
Michael Behe and the broken wolves
The Behe vs Swamidass debate (quality vid)
Mike Behe looks at the actual gears in bugs
At Texas & M last week: Theistic evolutionist Joshua Swamidass vs. ID proponent Michael Behe
Karsten Pultz: A motorhead looks at design in nature
Jerry Coyne jumps into the Dawkins eugenics row
For Darwin Day: Michael Behe on the secrets of the cell
Michael Behe: There are no “trenchant” criticisms of ID
Matzke is Back on the Flagellum Horse
In October 2006, Nick Matzke, a name not unfamiliar to denizens of UD, and Mark Pallen co-authored a review article for Nature Review of Microbiology regarding the status of research into the evolutionary origins of the bacterial flagellum. Matzke and Pallen felt the need to write such an article because since the publication of Michael Behe’s book “Darwin’s Black Box” ten years prior, there had been much hand waving and hand wringing over exactly what is the evolutionary explanation for the seemingly irreducibly complex flagellar system. Matzke’s first line of attack prior to the ’06 article was to lurk various discussion threads and offer up lists of studies that supposedly provided the very thing that Behe said was nowhere to Read More ›
Researchers: Whales took to water by LOSING genes
Behe vindicated by goldfish? But of course!
Mike Behe’s book party for Darwin Devolves live-streamed from Seattle tonight
Behe was right: Bacteria eject flagella to avoid starvation
Here’s an example of what Michael Behe is (actually) talking about in Darwin Devolves The evolution strategy “Break or blunt any functional coded element whose loss would yield a net fitness gain”: Eleven authors writing in PLOS Biology found that “γ-proteobacteria eject their polar flagella under nutrient depletion, retaining flagellar motor relic structures.” When there’s nothing to eat, these bacteria are willing to toss off their flagella and plug the hole in order to save energy. If you were out on a lake, would you unlatch your new Yamaha F250 4.2-liter V6 outboard motor and let it drop to the bottom? You might if the boat was taking on water and was about to sink, and you were about to Read More ›