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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ambulacrarians, ancestors, bilaterians, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cambroernids, Charnia, China, chordates, cladogram, cnidarians, crinoid, ctenophores, Current Biology, Ediacaran strata, fossils, Haootia, holdfast, Jiangchuan Biota, kelp, mackenziid, Margaretia dorus, Precambrian, Profera, Science (journal), Scientific American, The Conversation, vermiform, worms}

Science Paper Overstates Case for “Diverse Assemblage of Bilaterians” in the Ediacaran

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April 20, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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I suspect the bilaterian nature of this “most numerous” fossil will be challenged as more studies come out. Read More ›

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Date
April 18, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, biologists, Center for Science and Culture, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwinian evolution, Darwinists, evolutionary theory, Jerry Coyne, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Dilley, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theology}

Who Speaks for God? Darwinists Do, Apparently

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April 18, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Center for Science and Culture Senior Fellow Stephen Dilley explores this curious phenomenon in his talk at the 2025 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 16, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animal phyla, bilaterians, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Chengjiang biota, China, Disney, Ediacaran creatures, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, evolutionists, fossil record, fungi, Günter Bechly, Ikaria, Kimberella, lichens, Luskin’s First Law, paleobiologists, phyla, retroactive confession of ignorance, Science (journal), Scientific American, seafloor, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation, Uncus, Yilingia, Yunnan Province}

Retroactive Confessions Permeate Around Science Paper on Ediacaran “Bilaterians”

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April 16, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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What you just read is an amusing example of what some of my friends affectionally call “Luskin’s First Law.” It goes like this. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
April 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, amino acids, angiogenesis, axon, axon guidance, barcode, blood vessel development, brain, brain tissue, cell behaviors, chemical gradients, chemorepellent, childbirth, cytoskeleton, DNA, Douglas Axe, evo‑devo, evolution, evolutionary development, extracellular matrix, eyes, frog, gene regulatory networks, genome, gland cell, glycoprotein, immune function, intelligent design, midbrain, midline, muscle, N‑cadherin, Nature Materials, NCAM1, nerve, nervous system, organs, PIEZO1, Science Daily, Semaphorin-3A, sensory information, sensory navigation, signaling patterns, skeletal biology, Stuart Burgess, tissue geometry, tissue stiffness, Ultimate Engineering, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition, visual signals, zygote}

Precision Design Logic Explains Neural Wiring Guidance Better than Darwinism Does

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April 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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This is why Darwinists can easily incorporate new discoveries into their origin narrative. It is because they never really address the true causal implications. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
April 10, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, coherence theory of truth, consensus, consensus theory of truth, consequences, correspondence view of truth, Darwinism, Darwinists, evolution, intelligent design, J. Budziszewski, Napoleon, Pandemic of Lunacy, poached eggs, pragmatism, pragmatist philosophers, reality, schizophrenics, scientific controversy, snow, status signaling, truth, white}

What’s So Hard About Scientific Controversy? Addressing Bad Theories of Truth

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April 10, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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The consensus theory says that truth is whatever we all agree about. Needless to say, that fits right into what we were saying about status signaling. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
April 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Blaise Pascal, COVID-19, Darwinism, epidemiologists, experts, global cooling, global warming, Great Barrington Declaration, House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, intelligent design, J. Budziszewski, Jonathan Haidt, journalists, medical professionals, Pandemic of Lunacy, People for the American Way, political debates, psychologist, schools, scientists, University of Texas at Austin, workplaces}

Questioning the Science Experts: Is It Even Permitted?

_{Terrell Clemmons
April 9, 2026

Evolution, Medicine, Scientific Reasoning

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If you're trying to do ID science, it's a little bit easier to be intellectually honest, because you have to work harder to make the case for your claim. Read More ›

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Date
April 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1984, Andrew Ellington, Arizona State University, Biodesign Institute, biology, catastrophe, creationists, DNA, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary biology, George Orwell, Julian Huxley, Michael Lynch, molecular complexity, mutation rates, National Academy of Sciences, neo-Darwinian theory, novels, population geneticists, population sizes, proteins, Ribosome, RNA, story-telling, thoughtcrime}

Design Haunts a New Hypothesis for the Origin of the Ribosome

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April 6, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It’s worth paying some attention to the identity of the first author, population geneticist Michael Lynch of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, cultural timing, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, Europe, evolution, False Messiah, ID the Future, interviews, life, mythology, Neil Thomas, philosophical appeal, scientific demonstration, scientific materialism, storytelling, Taking Leave of Darwin}

Myth and Legend in Darwin’s Famous Origins Story

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April 5, 2026

Evolution, History of Science

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Neil Thomas makes a case that the rise of Darwin’s theory owes much to cultural timing, philosophical appeal, and persuasive storytelling. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Groothuis

Date
March 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Political Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, biographers, Blaise Pascal, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, caste system, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Deists, Elon Musk, endowed by our creator, evolution, First Amendment, Founders, Founding, French Revolution, guillotine, happiness, Hinduism, humans, image of God, infidels, Islam, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonardo da Vinci, philosophy, sanctity of life, Second Treatise on Government, social contract theory, St. Augustine, Steve Jobs, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, The Social Contract, theism, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Unitarians, universal human rights, utopianism, Walter Isaacson, worldview}

In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

_{Douglas Groothuis
March 26, 2026

Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science

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No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, Austin, birds, Chicxulub impact, coccolithophore, darkness, Darwinism, dinosaurs, ecosystems, evolution, fauna, fisheries, Geology (journal), geophysics, global catastrophe, global winter, helium-3, humans, innovations, intelligent agent, intelligent design, K-T extinction event, mammals, naturalism, plankton, researchers, Science and Culture Today, Science Daily, spines, sudden appearance, University of Texas}

After K–T Extinction Event, Life’s Unexpected Rebound Was “Ridiculously Fast”

_{Eric Hedin
March 26, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Although the welfare of plankton may not be at the very top of most people’s minds, these tiny organisms fill an important ecological niche. Read More ›