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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, common ancestry, Creation Myths, Daniel Stern Cardinale, DNA, Erika DeBenedictis, evolution, gap divergence, genetic similarity, gibbon, Gone with the Wind, gorillas, Gutsick Gibbon, human origins, humans, intelligent design, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration, YouTube videos}

As Luskin Debunks 1 Percent Myth, Evolutionists Fire Wildly in Response

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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The myth matters because a toxic lie being advanced in our culture denies the exceptional status of human beings in nature. Many evils follow from that denial. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Apologetics Profile, Casey Luskin, chemistry, communication, Daniel Ray, evolution, high school, ID the Future, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, materialism, podcast, science, science communicators, students, teachers, teleology}

Losing the Plot: How Materialism Can Blind Scientists to Purpose

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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How a materialistic worldview causes many scientists and science communicators to lose the plot and forget what science is all about. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, butterflies, butterfly wings, Darwinians, dead leaf butterfly, dung spiders, evolution, false heads, five percent solution, foresight, hind wing, insects, intelligent design, lycaenid butterflies, orchids, plants, preplanning, rockets, self-protection, spacecraft, spiders, walking leaf insects, walking stick insects}

For Darwinism, Here Is the Problem with Butterfly Mimicry

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 23, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The usual explanation we hear is that the butterflies, spiders, plants, etc., “evolved this way in order to” survive predators. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 23, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brazil, Brian Westad, carbohydrates, cell membranes, chemistry, chemists, coacervates, Discovery Institute Academy, early Earth, enzymes, Evolution News, experiments, Kristin Marais, Le Chatelier’s principle, Marcos Eberlin, mass transfer, molecular machines, origin of life, polymerization, prebiotic synthesis experiments, protocells, relay synthesis, São Paulo, smart barriers, South America}

Postcard from São Paulo: Design Evidence from High School Chemistry

_{Casey Luskin
July 23, 2025

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Kristin Marais spoke about “How to Make Chemistry Fun by Teaching Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, A Civic Biology, ACLU, Alexander Heard, Antonin Scalia, Arkansas, Ball State University, blacklisting, censorship, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, Dayton, Denis Noble, education, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, Günter Bechly, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Julian Huxley, Michael Behe, monkey law, National Center for Science Education, Neo-Darwinism, npr, Richard Sternberg, Scopes trial, speech codes, Stephen Jay Gould, Tennessee, tenure, The Daily Wire, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University}

A Century After the Scopes Trial, Censoring Spirit on Evolution Still Thrives

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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From evolutionists, a surge of persecutions has included tenure denials, job blacklisting, and speech codes. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, book reviews, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Dean Kenyon, Discovery Institute, endorsements, Fritz Schaefer, intelligent design, origin of life, origins science, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Jastrow, Robert Shapiro, scientists, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Walter Bradley: The Origin Story of an Intelligent Design Classic

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Today, we bring you the second half of Robert J. Marks’s 2020 interview with Dr. Bradley. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemistry, Book of Nature, creatures, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Daniel Reeves, divine design, earth, Emily Reeves, engineering, enzymes, hydrogen, intelligent design, oxygen, photosynthesis, Photosystem II, plant leaves, plants, Robert Boyle, Sabbatarians, Sabbath, scientists, solar panels, vegetation, water molecule, wisdom}

Green Creatures: The Intelligent Design of Plants

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Emily Reeves notes the operation of photosystem II, “the only enzyme in nature that is known to be able to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, anti-Semitism, BBC Earth Science, bullfighters, bullfighting, Casey Luskin, Darwinian theory, Dayton, drinking, drumstick, eating, Ernest Hemingway, Evangelical Christians, evolutionary orthodoxy, fishing, fist-fighting, Günter Bechly, H. L. Mencken, headlines, Jake Barnes, jealousy, Jews, John Scopes, journalism, Lady Brett Ashley, newspapers, paleontologists, Pamplona, Paris, Princeton University, Robert Cohn, Scopes trial, Spain, The Sun Also Rises, William Jennings Bryan}

Hemingway and the Scopes Trial

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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William Jennings Bryan had a hard time coming up with expert scientific witnesses who were dubious of Darwinian theory. He wouldn’t now. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, Casey Luskin, DNA, evolutionary junk, function, gene regulation, genome, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, microRNA, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, non-coding DNA, non-coding regions, podcast, Richard Sternberg, The Myth of Junk DNA, William Dembski}

Another Case Where “Junk” Myth Impeded Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 19, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For decades, evolutionary biologists considered non-coding regions of DNA as evolutionary junk. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Allan CP, DNA, DNA replication, evolution, history of life, hypothesis, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, life, natural selection, primitive, sophistication, students, The Science Dilemma, unguided evolution}

McLatchie Explains Design Implications of DNA Replication

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. McClatchie notes its “primitive” nature — meaning, not a lack of sophistication (quite the opposite!) but that life at the most basic level depends on it. Read More ›