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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 10, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biological systems, blood clotting, Boston Review, Case Western Reserve University, Cell (journal), Darwin's Black Box, Darwinists, Eugenie Scott, evolution, fibrinogen, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Wells, Karl Giberson, mice, Michael Ruse, MIT, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, pathology, philosophers, pregnancy, Robert Pennock, Russell Doolittle, The Scientist, UC San Diego, William A. Dembski}

Excerpt: A Reply to Michael Ruse

_{Michael Behe
December 10, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution

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Let me tell a little story about blood clotting, Russell Doolittle, and Michael Ruse. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 6, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, molecular machines, polymerase, random mutation, science journals, Scientific American, skeptics, students}

Excerpt: Letter to the Journal of Chemical Education

_{Michael Behe
December 6, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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Unlike philosophy journals — or high school newspapers — many science journals are unwilling to publish responses by people attacked in their pages. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 3, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biochemical systems, biochemists, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, evolutionary biologists, intelligent design, Michael Behe, natural selection, Oxford University, religion, summer, Trends in Ecology and Evolution}

Excerpt: Darwinism and Design

_{Michael Behe
December 3, 2020

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Much of the difficulty here arises in the differing standards that different disciplines have for what constitutes an “explanation.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
July 17, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Centre for Intelligent Design UK, coronavirus, COVID-19, evolution, history, intelligent design, pandemic, viruses}

COVID-19 and Biochemical Design

_{Michael Behe
July 17, 2020

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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On a webinar today, I will discuss viruses in historical time, their basic biochemical design, where they came from, and what they might evolve into. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
June 17, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, E. coli, eLife, evolution, fatty acids, genes, genetic information, Long Term Evolution Experiment, metabolism, Michigan State University, mutations, oxygen, Richard Lenski}

Citrate Death Spiral

_{Michael Behe
June 17, 2020

Evolution

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Michigan State University biologist Richard Lenski and collaborators have just published a terrific new paper. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, biochemist, common cold, coronavirus, COVID-19, DNA, Ebola, epidemic, evolution, genetic information, HIV, human genome, Immune System, intelligent design, molecular machines, mutations, philosopher, proteins, RNA, virosphere, viruses}

Evolution, Design, and COVID-19

_{Michael Behe
March 10, 2020

Evolution

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From time to time a storm arises in the virosphere and affects humans. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, biologists, Darwin Devolves, devolution, DNA, E. coli, evolution, hydrogen peroxide, mutations, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Richard Lenski, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, University of Michigan}

Helpful Devolutionary Mutations Are Rapid and Unavoidable: Paper Reinforces Darwin Devolves

_{Michael Behe
March 5, 2020

Evolution, Life Sciences

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There is simply no way for any unguided, unintelligent account of the unfolding of life to avoid the bane of helpful degradative mutations. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 19, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alvin Plantinga, biologists, Boston Review, Charles Darwin, chloroquine, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian processes, Darwinists, designer, function, genes, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, John McDonald, lungs, Michael Behe, Mount Rushmore, mouse, mousetrap, philosophers, Purdue University, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, Where the Conflict Really Lies, William A. Dembski}

Philosophical-ish Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Paul Draper

_{Michael Behe
February 19, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Recently I was asked by several people whether I had ever responded to an old review of my book Darwin’s Black Box. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 4, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Charles Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian processes, evolution, function, HIV, information, natural selection, New Scientist, On the Origin of Species, proteins, random mutation, retroviruses, RNA, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Important Medical Effects but Modest Mutations

_{Michael Behe
February 4, 2020

Evolution

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It’s important to remember that Darwinian factors are indeed real and can have important medical effects, but they only modify life around the edges. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
November 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Ardi, Australia, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Darwin on Trial, Darwinian evolution, DNA, E. coli, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Ida, materialism, Michael Denton, Michigan State University, microbes, New York University, On the Origin of Species, Phillip E. Johnson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, random mutations, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, RNA, Robert Shapiro, Scientific American, tetrapods, The Blind Watchmaker, tiktaalik, U.C. Berkeley}

Darwin on Trial — As Fresh and Relevant as Ever

_{Michael Behe
November 7, 2019

Evolution

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Because of Phillip Johnson’s leadership no informed person will ever again honestly say that Darwin’s theory flows straight from the data. Read More ›