# \#Article **URL:** https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/tag/article/26.md [Latest](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/tags.md) --- ## [Retraction Watch: University press removes book about intelligent design for misquoting ID proponent](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/retraction-watch-university-press-removes-book-about-intelligent-design-for-misquoting-id-proponent/18032)
**Author:** [@sfmatheson](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/sfmatheson)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/retraction-watch-university-press-removes-book-about-intelligent-design-for-misquoting-id-proponent/18032 "2026-09-18T23:00:44Z")
An interesting (to me) case study in non-fiction book publishing, that touches questions about peer review and about retraction vs. correction. Excellent article at Retraction Watch (RW). My comments and questions below. … --- ## [Intermediate stages in the origin of metabolism](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/intermediate-stages-in-the-origin-of-metabolism/17976)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/intermediate-stages-in-the-origin-of-metabolism/17976 "2026-08-10T00:06:32Z")
Something to stir the OoL pot. Intermediate stages in the origin of metabolism at a phosphorylating hydrothermal vent Natalia Mrnjavac et al. Intermediate stages in the origin of metabolism at a phosphorylating hydroth… --- ## [A New Spin on Chirality](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-new-spin-on-chirality/17832)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-new-spin-on-chirality/17832 "2026-05-23T21:33:44Z")
(A shorter topic title was needed, and I couldn’t resist the pun. :wink: ) Dynamic breaking of mirror symmetry in spin-dependent electron transport through chiral media causes enantiomeric excesses https://www.science.o… --- ## [Marcus Ross critiques the GAE](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/marcus-ross-critiques-the-gae/17601)
**Author:** [@BenKissling](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/BenKissling)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/marcus-ross-critiques-the-gae/17601 "2026-01-11T22:49:40Z")
So I attended the Evangelical Theological Society meeting in Boston in November, and Marcus Ross presented a paper critiquing the GAE. I was there for it, and so was @swamidass , but I finally had a chance this morning t… --- ## [Marcus Ross critiques the GAE](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/marcus-ross-critiques-the-gae/17604)
**Author:** [@BenKissling](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/BenKissling)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/marcus-ross-critiques-the-gae/17604 "2026-01-06T20:48:39Z")
Marcus Ross presented a paper critiquing the GAE at ETS this past November. I was there, and so was @swamidass . Josh offered some comments during the Q&A, but I was wondering if there’s any more extensive response to Ro… --- ## [‘Eureka’ Moments in Mathematicians’ Chalkboard Writings](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/eureka-moments-in-mathematicians-chalkboard-writings/17517)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/eureka-moments-in-mathematicians-chalkboard-writings/17517 "2025-11-11T16:32:53Z")
I recall a time in grad school where every room had a chalkboard, sometimes two, and we used them regularly. One of my professors, I later learned, based our grades more on what he saw on the study room chalkboards than … --- ## [Loss of macroevolutionary species fitness explains the rise and fall of clades](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/loss-of-macroevolutionary-species-fitness-explains-the-rise-and-fall-of-clades/17486)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/loss-of-macroevolutionary-species-fitness-explains-the-rise-and-fall-of-clades/17486 "2025-10-21T20:03:04Z")
There is some heavy duty mathematical modelling going on here, examining long term diversification and extinction of species. Whether or not we agree with this particular conclusion, it’s impressive work, and I think we … --- ## [Former creationist in the Washington Post: Discuss](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/former-creationist-in-the-washington-post-discuss/17443)
**Author:** [@John\_Harshman](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/John_Harshman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/former-creationist-in-the-washington-post-discuss/17443 "2025-10-05T19:11:38Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/22/muslim-missionary-evolutionary-biologist-human/ --- ## [De novo rates of a Trypanosoma-resistant mutation in two human populations](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/de-novo-rates-of-a-trypanosoma-resistant-mutation-in-two-human-populations/17428)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/de-novo-rates-of-a-trypanosoma-resistant-mutation-in-two-human-populations/17428 "2025-09-14T00:48:44Z")
I thought we might try to get ahead of this one. Original Article De novo rates of a Trypanosoma-resistant mutation in two human populations Abstract Mutation rates have long been measured as averages across many ge… --- ## [My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/my-blue-is-your-blue-different-people-s-brains-process-colours-in-the-same-way/17431)
**Author:** [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/my-blue-is-your-blue-different-people-s-brains-process-colours-in-the-same-way/17431 "2025-09-11T17:06:27Z")
My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way –Nature Underlying article: Given that this addresses a question I’ve asked myself in the past, and brought up on this forum: do we see … --- ## [The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps (best title ever)](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-evolution-of-hominin-bipedalism-in-two-steps-best-title-ever/17402)
**Author:** [@sfmatheson](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/sfmatheson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-evolution-of-hominin-bipedalism-in-two-steps-best-title-ever/17402 "2025-09-01T02:21:23Z")
This new paper in Nature hits a lot of sweet spots for me: nicely written, riveting topic, some very interesting papers cited that I hadn’t read, a great piece by Carl Zimmer (link below), and maybe most importantly, a m… --- ## [Flood Geology and Conventional Geology Face Off over the Coconino Sandstone](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/flood-geology-and-conventional-geology-face-off-over-the-coconino-sandstone/17395)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/flood-geology-and-conventional-geology-face-off-over-the-coconino-sandstone/17395 "2025-08-22T03:39:07Z")
\[Copying this post over from FB. Original author is Tim Helble 1,2. – Dan\] I wanted to let the group know that my article “Flood Geology and Conventional Geology Face Off over the Coconino Sandstone” from the September … --- ## [Lying increases trust in science, study finds](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/lying-increases-trust-in-science-study-finds/17376)
**Author:** [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/lying-increases-trust-in-science-study-finds/17376 "2025-08-04T02:16:04Z")
The study revealed that, while transparency about good news increases trust, transparency about bad news, such as conflicts of interest or failed experiments, decreases it. Therefore, one possible solution to the par… --- ## [Genetics, energetics, and allostery in proteins with randomized cores and surfaces](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/genetics-energetics-and-allostery-in-proteins-with-randomized-cores-and-surfaces/17356)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/genetics-energetics-and-allostery-in-proteins-with-randomized-cores-and-surfaces/17356 "2025-07-27T20:20:14Z")
Editor’s summary Globular proteins typically have a stable and densely packed core. Whether mutations are detrimental thus depends on context, and one residue change can potentially be mitigated by another. Escobedo et… --- ## [How and when organisms edit their own genomes](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-and-when-organisms-edit-their-own-genomes/17280)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-and-when-organisms-edit-their-own-genomes/17280 "2025-06-27T22:53:41Z")
How and when organisms edit their own genomes (Nature Genetics 2025) The purpose of this Review is to provide an accessible overview of endogenous genome editing while offering insights and synthesis that will be of i… --- ## [Comments on: When Did Sin Begin?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/comments-on-when-did-sin-begin/17167)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/comments-on-when-did-sin-begin/17167 "2025-03-24T17:04:26Z")
Creating this topic as a place for related comments. --- ## [The Reasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in the Biological Sciences](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-reasonable-ineffectiveness-of-mathematics-in-the-biological-sciences/17122)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-reasonable-ineffectiveness-of-mathematics-in-the-biological-sciences/17122 "2025-03-17T16:27:23Z")
FB acquaintance Sy Garte announced his just-published editorial with co-authors Perry Marshall and Stuart Kauffman. Marshall has a longer blog post about it. There is also a podcast discussion that inspired the paper. … --- ## [Teaching evolution with conflict reduction practices increases acceptance,](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/teaching-evolution-with-conflict-reduction-practices-increases-acceptance/16915)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/teaching-evolution-with-conflict-reduction-practices-increases-acceptance/16915 "2024-12-18T00:33:36Z")
I thought this might be of interest. Students in biology classes accepted the theory of evolution more often when it was taught with conflict-reducing practices, including an emphasis on religious compatibility and aut… --- ## [Order of amino acid recruitment into the genetic code resolved by LUCA's protein domains](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/order-of-amino-acid-recruitment-into-the-genetic-code-resolved-by-lucas-protein-domains/16916)
**Author:** [@sfmatheson](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/sfmatheson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/order-of-amino-acid-recruitment-into-the-genetic-code-resolved-by-lucas-protein-domains/16916 "2024-12-12T20:28:15Z")
Very interesting new paper from the Masel lab at the University of Arizona\*. Below are some excerpts that I found important. From the Intro: Previous analyses focused on the age of orthologous gene families (20–22); o… --- ## [The effect of seeing scientists as intellectually humble](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-effect-of-seeing-scientists-as-intellectually-humble/16902)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-effect-of-seeing-scientists-as-intellectually-humble/16902 "2024-12-05T19:44:51Z")
Here is the full title and abstract: The effect of seeing scientists as intellectually humble on trust in scientists and their research https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02060-x ABSTRACT Public trust in sci… --- ## [Wrapping things up for Assembly Theory](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/wrapping-things-up-for-assembly-theory/16791)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/wrapping-things-up-for-assembly-theory/16791 "2024-09-30T03:41:45Z")
Three new papers described in this Phys.org article, would seem to put an end to Assembly Theory and the Assembly Index. Links to referenced articles: Uthamacumaran et al (2024), On the salient limitations of the m… --- ## [Article: Reconstructing contact and a potential interbreeding geographical zone \[...\]](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/article-reconstructing-contact-and-a-potential-interbreeding-geographical-zone/16778)
**Author:** [@Patrick](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Patrick)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/article-reconstructing-contact-and-a-potential-interbreeding-geographical-zone/16778 "2024-09-12T02:46:06Z")
Title: Reconstructing contact and a potential interbreeding geographical zone between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans By reconstructing contact and a potential interbreeding geographical zone between Neander… --- ## [Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/assembly-theory-explains-and-quantifies-selection-and-evolution/16345)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/assembly-theory-explains-and-quantifies-selection-and-evolution/16345 "2024-08-22T01:00:01Z")
This may generate some excitement. The authors have come up with a way to quantify the amount of selection needed to create a molecule. I will comment further after I’ve read the supplementary section. Assembly theory … --- ## [Designed to Evolve](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/designed-to-evolve/16723)
**Author:** [@Midhun](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Midhun)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/designed-to-evolve/16723 "2024-06-06T15:05:49Z")
In an earlier post, I presented the viewpoint that organisms have the built-in ability to respond to the changes in their environment or to stress, which may lead to changes that are passed down through generations. To s… --- ## ["Why Evolution Does Not Make the Problem of Evil Worse"](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-evolution-does-not-make-the-problem-of-evil-worse/16605)
**Author:** [@Rope](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rope)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/why-evolution-does-not-make-the-problem-of-evil-worse/16605 "2024-04-24T22:37:30Z")
Hi Peaceful Science The idea that evolutionary theory makes the problem of evil somehow worse has been a mainstay of both YEC and some atheistic interpretations of evolution. Against this common view, my paper on this t… --- ## [Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/complexity-of-avian-evolution-revealed-by-family-level-genomes/16622)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/complexity-of-avian-evolution-revealed-by-family-level-genomes/16622 "2024-04-07T02:45:51Z")
Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes Abstract Despite tremendous efforts in the past decades, relationships among main avian lineages remain heavily debated without a clear resolution. Discrep… --- ## [A Surface Hydrothermal Source of Nitriles and Isonitriles](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-surface-hydrothermal-source-of-nitriles-and-isonitriles/16590)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-surface-hydrothermal-source-of-nitriles-and-isonitriles/16590 "2024-03-27T03:31:11Z")
I found one of the authors posting about his newest paper on FB. There’s a Forbes articles covering this too. --- ## [How AI is being used to accelerate clinical trials](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-ai-is-being-used-to-accelerate-clinical-trials/16563)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-ai-is-being-used-to-accelerate-clinical-trials/16563 "2024-03-18T16:07:14Z")
How AI is being used to accelerate clinical trials From study design to patient recruitment, researchers are investigating ways that technology could speed up the process. I can where AI will be helpful in writing pr… --- ## [Proteostatic tuning underpins the evolution of novel multicellular traits](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/proteostatic-tuning-underpins-the-evolution-of-novel-multicellular-traits/16542)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/proteostatic-tuning-underpins-the-evolution-of-novel-multicellular-traits/16542 "2024-03-09T17:20:14Z")
This looks interesting. Abstract The evolution of multicellularity paved the way for the origin of complex life on Earth, but little is known about the mechanistic basis of early multicellular evolution. Here, we exam… --- ## [A rugged yet easily navigable fitness landscape](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-rugged-yet-easily-navigable-fitness-landscape/16393)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-rugged-yet-easily-navigable-fitness-landscape/16393 "2023-11-24T14:56:31Z")
A rugged yet easily navigable fitness landscape Editor’s summary How many mutations does it take to move from one genetic fitness peak to another in a fitness landscape? Papkou et al. performed mutagenesis to survey th… [Next page](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/tag/article/26.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=Article)