Category: Biology

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, apes, Arne Schirmacher, ATP, Australopithecus, Bible, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, designer, Energy, geneticists, German, grass, Günter Bechly, humans, Institute of Genetics, Köln, living fossils, Max Planck Institute, metabolic processes, mice, naturalism, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, nucleotide differences, origin of life, Peter Pan, protein sequences, Richard Dawkins, Science and Culture Today, subway, University of Bonn, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, yeast}

Geneticist W. E. Lönnig on Human-Chimp DNA Similarity, and Much More

_{Granville Sewell
March 25, 2026

Biology, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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"The same people who admit that they are unable to create a single blade of grass tell you that they are absolutely sure they know how it came about." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 20, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, biochemical pathways, confidence, Eric Anderson, evolutionary process, explanatory power, generations, genes, homology, ID the Future, laboratory studies, mechanisms, medical engineers, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, organisms, podcast, Rob Stadler, survival, textbooks, two-mutation gap}

Rob Stadler on the “Low Confidence” Science of Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 20, 2026

Biology, Evolution

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Across experiments involving bacteria and yeast, researchers found that while evolution can occasionally fix a single point mutation. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 3D spatial organization, active matter, Aristotle, biology, cargo recognition, cascades, cells, condensates, cycles, cytoplasm, Darwin's Black Box, dissipative systems, DNA transcription, droplets, electrolytes, endoplasmic reticulum, Energy, enzyme activity, function, goal-directedness, Golgi bodies, Ilya Prigogine, intentionality, intracellular landscape, living systems, lysosomes, machines, macromolecules, matter, mechanism, medical school, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular grammar, naturalism, neo-Darwinian evolution, nucleus, organisms, physics, Riccardo Babic, scaffolding, Science and Culture Today, signaling cascades, St. Thomas Aquinas, structure, TCA cycle, telos, tornadoes, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Velcro, whirlpools}

Active Matter: How Function Determines Structure

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
March 18, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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As always, the approach of naturalism is to reduce the complexity of natural phenomena to basic physical laws. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, agnostics, atheists, biologists, careers, complexity, Curtis Hrischuk, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, endowed by our creator, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary jargon, Gregory Reeves, human engineers, information, John West, living things, Michael Egnor, narrative gloss, natural selection, nature, neurosurgeon, organisms, Philip Skell, physics, Science and Culture Today, Stuart Burgess, transcendent intelligent source}

Evolution: What Is in a Word? (Hint: Not Much)

_{Eric Hedin
March 18, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Physics

5}

Since the entire non-living universe contains far less information content than a single living cell, life presents an enigma to materialism. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 16, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, amplitude, Andrew Schultz, Asian elephants, biology, cats, curb feelers, engineering, finite element analysis, frequency, interoception, Katherine Kuchenbecker, Marc S. Lavine, material intelligence, materials, Max Planck Institute, mechanosensors, medical devices, Merkel cells, neuroscience, peanut, potato chip, power, rat whiskers, rats, rodents, Science (journal), sensory neurons, stiffness gradient, vibrotactile signals, whisker breakage, whisker hairs}

Research Reveals Elephant’s Amazing Sense of Touch

_{David Coppedge
March 16, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Elephants can turn over a jeep and pull down a tree, but they can also pick up a potato chip without breaking it. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal embryos, Cambrian fossils, coelacanth, common ancestor, common ancestry, common characters, common descent, convergent evolution, Darwin's Finches, embryonic stage, environmental pressures, Ernst Haeckel, evolutionary predictions, Galápagos finches, geological time, ginkgo trees, horseshoe crabs, hummingbirds, Linnaeus, living fossils, Max Telford, molecular clock, morphology, Nautilus, nightjars, penguins, South Africa, stasis, swallows, swifts, The Tree of Life, The Tree of Life (book), Tree of Life, tuatara, University College London, Wollemi pine}

In Stories from Max Telford’s New Book, Failed Predictions of Common Descent

_{Emily Reeves
March 10, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Well-documented examples of organisms show remarkable stasis over hundreds of millions of years. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aerobic lifestyle, Alphaproteobacteria, Arctic Ocean, Asgard, Asgard archaea, cell division, cells, cytokinesis, electron transport chain complex, ESCRT-III division, eukaryotes, eukaryotic signature proteins, FtsZ proteins, hydrogenases, hydrothermal vent, Loki’s Castle, Lokiarchaeota, mitochondria, mitosis, Nature (journal), Norse deities, Odinarcheota, polymerization, synthesis, Thorarchaeota}

Do the Asgard Archaea Hold the Keys to Eukaryotic Origins?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 6, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In 2015, a new superphylum of archaea was reported, having been discovered through metagenomic sequences of sediments. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 5, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, Albuquerque, algorithms, alternative splicing, amino acid sequences, Andrew McDiarmid, Brian Josephson, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, David Waltham, digital information, discoveries, earth, Earth-like planets, enzymes, fundamental constants, genes, ID the Future, information processing, initial conditions, junk DNA, life, Lucky Planet, Michael Kent, molecular biology, molecular machines, mutation, natural selection, physics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sandia National Laboratories, spliceosome, Stephen Meyer, universe, Why Evolution Is Different}

Stay Informed about the Evidence for Design, with Michael Kent

_{Granville Sewell
March 5, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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Technological advances have led to the discovery of planets outside our solar system, with news heralding the discovery of many “earth-like” planets. Read More ›

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Date
March 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, accidents, Ben Shapiro, Bible, biologists, biology, Center for Science and Culture, chemistry, cosmology, creationism, Eric Esau, film, intelligent design, Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, materialist world view, matter, meaning, media, mind, movies, natural selection, Nobel laureates, philosophy, Piers Morgan, religion, science, scientific discoveries, scientific revolution, scientists, significance, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theology, ultimate meaning, universe}

God Hypothesis Comes to Theaters Nationally in April!

_{Science & Culture
March 4, 2026

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design

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The film features a diverse range of scientists, some familiar to those who follow the work of the Center for Science and Culture, but others very much not. Read More ›

Concept of biochemistry with dna molecule, Human face, DNA on dark background. Ai generated

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Date
March 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, academia, Aristotle, Biological Theory, Brian Charlesworth, Brian Miller, careers, cognition, computer code, David B. Resnik, designer, Douglas Futuyma, Gen Z, gender issues, goal-directedness, graduate school, intelligence, intentionality, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, neo-Darwinians, neuroscience, Plato, Plato's Revenge, purpose, reactionaries, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Stuart Burgess, teleology, Tufts University}

The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

_{Science & Culture
March 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Read More ›