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Why Neo-Darwinism Can’t Take the Credit for Design of Life

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Michael Behe
April 22, 2026
If life is built on complex molecular machines and information that is both complex AND specified, can unguided evolution actually get the credit? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes a two-part conversation with molecular biologist Dr. Douglas Axe and biochemist Dr. Michael Behe, two experts featured in the new movie The Story of Everything. Over two episodes Axe and Behe are discussing their participation in the movie and unpacking some of the insights they share in it. And you’ll enjoy more exclusive clips from the movie too!

Biologists: Cell is Factory Complex of Engineered Design

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Douglas Axe
April 20, 2026
You might find this hard to believe, but back in Charles Darwin’s day, the cell was thought of as little more than a piece of jelly. Thomas Henry Huxley called it a “simple, homogenous globule of undifferentiated protoplasm.” But today, thanks to discoveries in molecular biology, we’ve discovered the cell is something far more astonishing. And that begs a crucial question: if the cell is infinitely more than Darwin envisioned, can a Darwinian process really explain its origin, and how it came to produce the diversity we see in life? On today’s ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a two-part conversation with molecular biologist Dr. Douglas Axe and biochemist Dr. Michael Behe, two experts featured in the new movie The Story of Everything. Over two episodes they’ll discuss their participation in the movie and unpack some of the insights they share in it. We’re also sharing some exclusive clips from the movie!

Mirror Neurons, Consciousness, and an Irreducible Self

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Dr. Mihretu Guta
April 17, 2026
On this episode, Mind Matters News host Dr. Robert J. Marks welcomes Dr. Mihretu Guta to discuss one of his chapters in the volume Minding the Brain titled “Mirror Neurons, Consciousness, and the Bearer Question.” Dr. Guta discusses the concept of “mirror neurons” – a type of brain cell that fires when a person observes an action being performed, as well as when the person performs the same action themselves. The properties of these neurons suggest they may play a role in empathy and understanding others’ actions. Dr. Guta explores the implications of mirror neurons to the mind-brain debate and how further study could illuminate these fascinating neural components.

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Three Scientists on the Origins of Everything | Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour

Stephen C. Meyer
April 21, 2026
Moving from the Big Bang and the discovery of cosmic beginnings, to the fine-tuning of the physical constants that make life possible, to the extraordinary complexity and information embedded in DNA, mathematician John Lennox, philosopher of science Stephen Meyer, and chemist James Tour, explores whether these developments point to blind, undirected processes—or to the activity of an intelligent mind. The trio challenges long-held materialist assumptions, revisits classic scientific debates, and reflects on what these questions mean not only for science but also for our understanding of human existence and purpose.

Is It Time to Rethink Darwinian Evolution?

Stephen C. Meyer
April 20, 2026
Matt Fradd interviews Stephen C. Meyer about why he abandoned secular materialism for Christian theism, centering on questions of meaning, morality, and reason. Meyer argues that a purely naturalistic universe cannot give lasting significance to human lives or achievements, which he links to a wider crisis of meaning. If our minds are products of unguided evolution plus matter alone, we lack any good reason to trust them as truth-tracking rather than merely survival-oriented. In contrast, a rational Creator designing both the world and our minds explains why the universe is intelligible and why science works. Meyer also explains why neo-Darwinian mechanisms cannot generate the vast biological information in DNA or the rapid appearance of new forms of life. Meyer argues that theism —

America’s Founders and Intelligent Design

The Center for Science and Culture
March 30, 2026
In the Declaration of Independence, America’s Founders proclaimed that “all men are created equal” and “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” These were not idle words. They were supported by the Founders’ firm conviction that nature supplied objective evidence of a Creator. In this video, learn the untold story about the Founders’ belief that nature was intelligently designed. This video is adapted from the book Endowed by Our Creator: The Bible, Science, and the Battle for America’s Soul by John G. West. Find out more by reading the book: https://www.discovery.org/b/endowed-by-our-creator/ This video is hosted by Adam Nieri, who works as an AI Content Creator and Educator at Curious Refuge, runs the ‪@studiosonderhaus‬ YouTube

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The Joy of (Neanderthal) Cooking

The Darwinian account of the human race would be much easier to believe in good faith if scientists could point to a clearly inferior and clearly human being.

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The Living Nano-Factory

Information and orderly processes don’t happen by accident any more than a factory production line organizes itself out of unassembled constituent parts.

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Why AI Won’t Replace Us Spiritually

AI systems increasingly resemble human intelligence. But resemblance alone does not make them image bearers. It cannot. AI systems do not represent God.

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On the Origin of Our New Name

First, the conversation delves into the site’s launch in December 2004, when the modern intelligent design movement and the Internet were both relatively new.

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