Category: Biology

A cheetah in full pursuit of a gazelle across the African savanna during a dust-filled chase at golden hour

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, biology, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, cosmology, Darwin's Black Box, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, goal-directedness, intelligent design, James Shapiro, John West, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, MIT Press, molecular biology, Natural Sciences, Nature (journal), neo-Darwinian paradigm, next generation, Oxford University, paleontology, physics, researchers, scientific evidence, Seattle Pacific University, Stephen Meyer, teleology, teleonomy, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago}

On the 30th Anniversary of the CSC, Let’s Take Stock of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 10, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Third Way and EES thinking shows that mainstream science is moving on a compass heading that is right in the direction of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 9, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured1, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Baylor University, biology, Brown University, bubonic plague, Charles Thaxton, Congress, Darwin’s Black Box., Douglas Axe, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, faculty, injectisome, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Shapiro, Jonathan Wells, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kenneth Miller, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, motorcycles, mousetrap, naturalists, non-theistic evolution, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, protein evolution, Roger Olsen, San Francisco, Seattle Pacific University, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Meyer, T3SS, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theistic evolution, type 3 secretory system, University of Chicago, Walter Bradley, Yersinia pestis}

Darwin’s Black Box, 30 Years On: A Seminal Contribution to Biology

_{William A. Dembski
August 9, 2026

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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It makes sense to think that the T3SS didn’t evolve into the bacterial flagellum, but that the bacterial flagellum shed some protein parts to become a T3SS. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 7, 2026

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured2, A Path from Rome, agnostics, anti-reductionism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Arthur Hugh Clough, atheists, biology, Brief Encounters, Christians, deconversion, Denis Noble, Edward Feser, evolutionary biology, Financial Times, form, function, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Lord Richard Harries, New Atheists, Oxford University, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, religions, Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams, Sheldonian Theatre, Sir Anthony Kenny, The God Delusion, The Sun, theism}

Haunted by God: Remembering Sir Anthony Kenny

_{Bethel McGrew
August 7, 2026

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Kenny still appreciated a good church service and even did readings from the breviary. Unusually, he argued there was no reason why an agnostic shouldn't pray. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 31, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, academics, agnostics, atheists, biology, China, Discovery Institute, engineering, evolution, human nature, humanists, intelligent design, Lucy Hyde, origin of life, peer pressure, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Whewell Centre}

What Academics Actually Think: Higher Priorities and Silent Support for Design

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 31, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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"One of the most encouraging things I’ve found in academia is how many people secretly support intelligent design." Read More ›

Modern white laboratory interior with scientists in lab coats working on computers and test tubes, motion blur effect for dynamic research scene

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 29, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, biomechanics, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, constraints, Emily Reeves, expectations, function, functional information, genetics, Genetics (journal), George Montañez, intelligence, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Michael Behe, neurophysiology, peer-reviewed literature, predictions, protein science, purpose, Research, Robert J. Marks, scientific theory, scientists, Stuart Burgess, systematics, Systems Biology, William Dembksi, Winston Ewert}

New Peer-Reviewed Paper Provides a How-To Manual for Using ID to Guide Research

_{Casey Luskin
July 29, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The paper explains what the theory of intelligent design is and how it can be used to generate testable scientific predictions, or “expectations.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Science Education
Tagged
, biology, chemistry, college students, curricula, deadlines, Discovery Institute Academy, evolution, evolutionary magic, flexibility, high school, ID the Future, illusion, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, leaders, nature, Parent’s Guide to Intelligent Design, podcast, registration, scholars, science education, Summer Edwards, Summer Seminars}

High School Science with an Intelligent Design Perspective? Yes, Please!

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2026

Biology, Chemistry, Science Education

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Kristin Marais and Summer Edwards explain why they’re so passionate about teaching their subject and how the courses are designed with maximum flexibility. Read More ›

How microservices enhance application modularity

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Technology
Tagged
, biological systems, biology, Brain Potter, Brian Arthur, combinations, Construction Physics, economists, engineering, evolutionary theory, functionality, genes, genetic recombination, horizontal gene transfer, information, intelligent design, modularity, mutations, recombination, sexual reproduction, subcomponents, technology}

Modularity: Insufficient for and Unexplained by Evolution

_{Winston Ewert
July 15, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Technology

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The fundamental problem with this analysis is that sexual reproduction does not make anything modular. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bacillus subtilis, biology, chromosome, ComK, competence, ComS, ComX, crowdsourcing, CSF, developmental state, DNA, DNA expression, environment, exogenous DNA, genes, genetic material, genome, information, intelligent design, mRNA, nutrient status, pheromone, population signals, promoters, regulation, regulatory feedback, Sigma-H, sporulation, Theodosius Dobzhansky, transcription, xenogenic DNA}

Crowdsourcing DNA: Sophisticated Biological Information Processing

_{Emily Reeves
July 14, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

8}

To adapt the words of Theodosius Dobzhansky, I’m persuaded that nothing in biology makes sense except in light of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 13, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AbrB, antibiotics, autoregulation, Bacillus subtilis, bacteria, biology, cassettes, cell fate, chemotaxis, CodY, ComK, competence, crowdsourcing, DegU, dense overlapping regulons, DNA, Energy, environmental conditions, exponential growth, feed-forward loops, gene expression, gene regulatory network, graduate school, housekeeping, intelligent design, isoleucine, leucine, metabolic pathways, metabolism, microorganisms, principal investigator, Rok, Sigma-H, single input modules, sporulation, stress, superintellect, transcription, valine, virulence}

To Crowdsource DNA, or Not to Crowdsource DNA: A Microbe’s Decision Pathway

_{Emily Reeves
July 13, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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These are the same type of understandable and logical computation circuits that humans design. What can we learn from observing this similarity? Read More ›

Human (animal) cell under microscope. 3d illustration

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, 3D bioprinting, amino acid chain, assembly process, atomic layer deposition, atomic printer, biomolecules, boundary condition., cells, cellular components, chemistry, Cornelius Hunter, electric fields, electromagnetic forces, embryonic development, genetic code, idea, information, intelligent design, interatomic level, LED screens, life as information, matrix, Michael Polanyi, organs, particles, physics, pixels, protein structure, Richard Sternberg, wholeness}

Cellular Design: More than Information, It Is the Manifestation of an Idea

_{Eric Hedin
July 10, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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I’ll attempt to describe an additional aspect of living organisms that highlights their “wholeness” and negates the possibility of reducing life to information. Read More ›