Ann Gauger

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Making Predictions Against Design

_{Ann Gauger
August 26, 2019}

From back when I was a sophomore taking biochemistry, one particular event stands out in my memory, perhaps because it was such an odd thing.

The Genius of Alternative Reading Frames

_{Ann Gauger
August 12, 2019}

This is amazing! Here we have multiple meanings being read from one stretch of digital code.

A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!

_{Ann Gauger
June 21, 2019}

Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal.

The Masks of Prague

_{Ann Gauger
June 18, 2019}

They have taken on the masks of their former taskmasters and let their heritage stand empty, though thankfully not yet in ruins.

Austrian Village Meets Biocomplexity and Teleology and Doesn’t Blink

_{Ann Gauger
June 4, 2019}

The accompanying photos show our field trip to Altenburg Abbey. The ceiling painting was of the sciences. You can see a telescope and astrolabe in the close up.

Remind Me Again Why We Picked Polar Bears?

_{Ann Gauger
May 2, 2019}

The core difficulty for some scientists who read Michael Behe’s book is also the key idea at its heart.

Michael Behe: A Man and His Critics

_{Ann Gauger
March 21, 2019}

Behe is not in a defensive posture, despite his critics. He continues to advance.

A Debate in California; a Piece of Business

_{Ann Gauger
March 5, 2019}

Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass and I spoke on the topic of God and Evolution.

Näsvall et al. Demonstrates the Effectiveness of Intelligent Design

_{Ann Gauger
February 25, 2019}

The dispute started when a review in Science proposed the 2012 article by Näsvall et al. as evidence against Mike Behe’s book Darwin Devolves.

Meetings on Adam and Eve: Stretching the Boundaries

_{Ann Gauger
February 8, 2019}

What brought us all together? Professor S. Joshua Swamidass of Washington University has two projects going.

A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!

_{Ann Gauger
January 24, 2019}

Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues.

On Being Human — A Reflection

_{Ann Gauger
January 10, 2019}

Evolutionary biologist David Barash is a man on a mission. He wants to make sure that we all know we are only human, and that means we are only animal.

The Transcendental Treasury of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Ann Gauger
January 2, 2019}

Truth, beauty, and goodness are abstract concepts that correspond to our deepest desires. They are not likely to have evolved by a neo-Darwinian process.

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2018: A First Human Couple? New Evidence and Arguments

_{Ann Gauger
December 29, 2018}

A bottleneck of two, or a first pair at our origin older than 500,000 years, is possible.

#5 of Our Top Stories of 2018: It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

_{Ann Gauger
December 28, 2018}

In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function.

What Discovery Institute Means to Me: A Reflection

_{Ann Gauger
December 20, 2018}

How interesting and how odd, I thought. I am in Seattle. But what’s a think tank that promotes intelligent design doing in Seattle?

Does Barcoding DNA Reveal a Single Human Ancestral Pair?

_{Ann Gauger
December 5, 2018}

I don’t think the study can claim all the things it does based on the evidence they have.

Chemical Affinity, Motor Proteins: Good Questions from a Reader

_{Ann Gauger
December 4, 2018}

About the movement of organelles: There are molecular motor proteins that haul them around!

Bacteriophages, Budding Yeast, and Behe’s Vindication

_{Ann Gauger
November 26, 2018}

It’s been known for some time that bacteria evade antibiotics by mutating the target of the antibiotic, often at a cost to themselves.

Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error

_{Ann Gauger
November 13, 2018}

He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us.