Category: Biology

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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

9}

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

8}

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

8}

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
, __featured2, 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

4}

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
, 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

4}

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

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, Aristotle, athens, biology, C. S. Lewis, change over time, Democritus, DNA, dynamis, eidos, energeia, evolution, From Logos to Bios, George Gaylord Simpson, H. B. Whittington, Heraclitus, history, Jerusalem, Leucippus, Lev Berg, Malcolm Gordon, metaphysics, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, nomogenesis, philosophy, Pierre-Paul Grassé, Plato, Plotinus, potentiality, Pythagoras, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, tautology, Tertullian, The Selfish Gene, universal common descent, Western thought, Wynand de Beer}

Biology (and Cosmology) as Footnotes to Plato: A Review of Wynand de Beer

_{Michael Flannery
February 24, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Philosophy

8}

An important book by Wynand de Beer recaptures the wisdom of the ages and puts it into service not only of science, but of history, philosophy, and religion. Read More ›

Glowing flagellar motor at the base of a bacterial flagellum visualizing the rotary motion and its energy source

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, archaellum, ATP synthase, bacterial cell, bacterial flagellar motor, Basarab Hosu, Darwin’s Black Box, Destin Sandlin, engineering, evolution, Harvard University, Honda Civic, intelligent design, living cells, Michael Behe, Michael D. Manson, nanomotors, PNAS, proton gradient, protons, rotary motors, Smarter Every Day, Tesla, unguided natural processes, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Can the Flagellum Get Any Better? Yes! Add Gears

_{David Coppedge
February 24, 2026

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

9}

The bacterial flagellum is more souped-up than even Michael Behe thought: it’s a gear-driven motor of motors! Read More ›

Thought processes emotional intelligence are rendered through symbolic pathways that meticulously trace the minds inner workings

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biobots, cosmology, development, embryos, engineering, fine-tuning, human body, hybrots, machines, mathematicians, measure problem, Michael Levin, minds, multiverse, optimality, Pavlovian conditioning, personal agent, Plato, Platonic forms, Platonic ideas, Platonic patterns, Pythagoras, Richard Sternberg, scientific investigation, Tufts University, Ultimate Engineering, universe}

Platonic Minds: How Stuart Burgess’s Ultimate Engineering Challenges Maverick Biologist Michael Levin

_{Brian Miller
February 18, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

4}

Levin faces a measure problem analogous to that in cosmology, resulting from the optimality of biological designs. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, adenine, biochemists, E. coli, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness, fossil record, gene, gene transcription, genes, genetics, genotype, homology, information, James Tour, lactose, Michael Behe, natural selection, promoter, random mutations, regulatory control, researchers, Rice University, S. cerevisiae, tryptophan, W303, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series), yeast, YouTube videos}

On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

_{Rob Stadler
February 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

9}

In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Winkler

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biology, cell phone, civil dialogue, Cornell University, Discovery Institute, education, faculty, Heterodox Academy, immaterial causes, intelligent design, Ithaca, Ivy League, James Tour, material causes, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, new york, professors, Randy Wayne, Seattle, students, universities, Walter Bradley Center on Natural and Artificial Intelligence, world view}

An Evening with Michael Egnor at Cornell

_{Tom Winkler
February 3, 2026

Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

The talk itself provides the basis for the Q&A, so it is worth listening to. But for a real treat, don’t miss the exchange afterward. It is golden. Read More ›