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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
April 28, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, brewer’s yeast, Complex III, complexity, electrochemistry, electrons, elegance, Energy, engineers, flavin adenine dinucleotide, intelligent agent, mitochondrial membrane, mitochondrial respiratory chain, molecular machines, natural selection, organic chemistry, oxygen, protons, quantum tunneling, reverse-engineering, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, semiquinone, ubiquinol}

The Nanoscale Engineering of Complex III

_{Emily Reeves
April 28, 2026

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

15}

If I put on my reverse-engineering hat, this enzyme looks like the work of a designer who deeply understood electrochemistry and quantum tunneling. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
April 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acyl transfer, aldehydes, alphabet, amino acids, anhydrides, atoms, biosynthetic cost, codons, cyclisation, decomposition, DNA replication, esters, Francis Crick, hydrolysis, hydrophobicity, ketones, nitriles, polypeptides, protein core, proteins, purposeful selection, racemisation, side chains, solubility, stability, surface, teleology, The FEBS Journal, tRNAs}

The Set of Amino Acids Used in Life Is No “Frozen Accident”

_{Jonathan McLatchie
April 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Significantly, these data indicate that the space of usable amino acids is severely constrained. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Africa, atheists, authority, clicks, consonants, cultures, Darwinian evolution, declensions, documentary, evolutionary theory, human exceptionalism, Khoisan languages, language, leftists, Michael Knowles, Noam Chomsky, primates, primitive, priors, Return of the God Hypothesis, sophistication, Stephen Meyer, technology, tenses, The Story of Everything, tongue}

Meyer, Knowles: The Evolutionary Mystery of Language

_{David Klinghoffer
April 26, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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If languages evolve in the familiar Darwinian manner, you would expect there to be a range of sophistication levels across the spectrum of human languages. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 23, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, aliens, americans, Big Bang, Casey Luskin, cellular machines, chemicals, cosmos, creator, Disclosure Day, documentary, Donald Trump, Epoch Times, evolution, extraterrestrials, faith and science, genetic code, government, humans, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, living cell, molecular machines, natural selection, nature, office-holders, origin of life, physics, Steven Spielberg, The Age of Disclosure, The Story of Everything, UFOs, unintelligent forces, universe}

Luskin: If Aliens Exist, They Were Designed Just Like We Were

_{David Klinghoffer
April 23, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

5}

I’m an agnostic on these purported technologically super-advanced creatures with their physics-defying crafts. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 23, 2026

Categories
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, blobs, Brandon McGuire, chemical assembly, chemical decay, chemical evolution, Daily Dose of Wisdom, documentary, early Earth, intelligent design, James Tour, origin of life, replicator, Rice University, simplification, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, tickets, Veritasium, YouTube videos}

Meyer: Time Is the Archenemy of an Unguided Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
April 23, 2026

Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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A video claims to show how the unguided origin of life is easy to envision, involving random chemical “blobs” forming into a replicator, given enough time. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ambulacrarians, bilaterian animals, bilaterians, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, China, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Darwin’s Doubt, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran Period, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, genes, genetic information, Günter Bechly, Hemichordata, homoplasy, paleontology, phyla, Porifera, precambrian fossils, Science (journal), Scientific American, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation}

The Prescient Günter Bechly: New Paper Doesn’t Negate the Cambrian Explosion

_{Casey Luskin
April 23, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

7}

Let’s consider the fossils the paper identifies as appearing in the Ediacaran but that belong to phyla previously known to appear first in the Cambrian. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
April 22, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animations, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, concessions, cosmos, Discovery Institute, Fathom Entertainment, fine-tuning, HarperOne, living cell, opening night, Regal Cinemas, Renton, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, screening, seating, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theaters, universe}

Meet the Stars in Seattle! Join Us on Opening Night for The Story of Everything

_{Daniel Reeves
April 22, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design

2}

By joining this special screening hosted by Regal Cinemas in Renton, WA, you’ll get to enjoy the new film in all its big-screen glory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 22, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, beginning, Bertrand Russell, Big Bang, Cambridge University, Christianity, cosmology, creator, designer, despair, faith and science, Hoover Institution, James Tour, john lennox, monotheism, Peter Robinson, philosophers, scientists, Singularity, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, theaters, theism, universe, Why I Am Not a Christian}

Lennox, Meyer, Tour, Robinson: The Science of Monotheism

_{David Klinghoffer
April 22, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

The indefinite article is emphatically in the singular. In all those statements, there was only one beginning. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, air bladder, animals, beach, beachcombing, bilaterian animals, brown algae, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, convergent evolution, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran fossils, evolutionary theory, fauna, flora, fossil-hunting, fossils, hemichordate worms, holdfast, kelp, kelp stipe, Kingdom Protista, Margaretia dorus, Pacific Northwest, paleontology, plants, Precambrian strata, protists, rock hammer, Science (journal), tide-pooling, Western Washington}

Beach Stroll Casts Further Doubt on Some Supposed Ediacaran Bilaterian Fossils

_{Casey Luskin
April 20, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

3}

In one instance I found a kelp on the beach with its holdfast still nicely attached. A photo of it is at the top. Read More ›

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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

_{Casey Luskin
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 ›