Category: Evolution

An open black box emitting a burst of glowing golden sparks and light, symbolizing mystery, magic, and surprise, perfect for a Black Friday shopping concept

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 14, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, bombshell, Center for Science and Culture, complexity, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, molecular machines, National Review, new york, New York Times, podcast, publishing, Simon and Schuster, The Free Press, Wall Street Journal}

Behe’s Bombshell, Thirty Years Later

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 14, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Back in the 1990s, scientists were just starting to discover that virtually all cellular processes were powered by molecular machines. Read More ›

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Date
August 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, backstory, biological history, biology, common descent, evidence, history of life, incomprehension, Matthew Haber, Maureen Kearney, non-fiction, phylogenetic hypotheses, phylogeny, prose, timescales, Tree of Life, University of Utah}

Common Descent on the Road to Incomprehension

_{Science & Culture
August 13, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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In 2025, Haber proposed that there JUST IS NO “true history of life.” Don’t look for it, as if one could actually find it, because it doesn’t exist. Read More ›

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Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, Chordata, chordates, common ancestor, evolution, genomes, hominid, Homo sapiens, inference, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, mammals, Metazoa, Network of Life, ontology, organisms, Pan troglodytes, paragraphs, phylogenetic inference, phylogenetics, phylogeny, species, statistical noise, Systematic Biology, systematics, traits, Tree of Life}

Testing Phylogenetic Hypotheses: A Question for You

_{Science & Culture
August 12, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

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You can read this proposition a dozen times over and still be unable to say what it disallows in phylogenetic inference. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 11, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiotic chemical reactions, amino acids, archaea, bacteria, cellular organism, cofactors, common ancestry, environment, enzymatic metabolism, enzymes, evolutionary biologists, homology, hydrothermal vent, last archaeal common ancestor, Last Bacterial Common Ancestor, Last Universal Common Ancestor, lineages, LUCA, nucleobases, organic molecules, origin of life, Science Advances, Smithsonian Magazine, universal common ancestry}

Enzymes in Bacteria and Archaea Are So Dissimilar There Must Be “Two Origins of Life”

_{Casey Luskin
August 11, 2026

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Don’t get distracted by wondering how the extreme heat near a vent (a toasty 750° F or more inside the vent) wouldn’t quickly break down organic molecules. Read More ›

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
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 10, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, biological origins, Bruce Chapman, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin’s Black Box, Discovery Institute, evolutionists, eyeglasses, Feces Theory, Germany, intelligent design, John West, Michael Behe, new york, oxygen theory, Phillip Johnson, Reed Davis, scientific evidence, Seattle Pacific University, State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Stephen Meyer, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vision}

Vision Becomes Reality: The Center for Science and Culture at 30

_{David Klinghoffer
August 10, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What has changed dramatically is the nature, volume, and depth of the scientific evidence that supports ID. Read More ›

Woman stretching hands in bed after wake up in the morning, Concept of a new day and joyful weekend.

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 8, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian processes, Darwinists, engineering, Eric Hedin, evolution, evolutionary mindset, fitness, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, organisms, podcast, scientific understanding, sleep, survival of the fittest, unconsciousness, waking}

The Intelligent Design of Sleep

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 8, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We’re asleep an average of about 26 years of our life! Most people have a sense that sleep is important. Read More ›

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
August 7, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, biology, Charles Thaxton, children, Christian rock music, Christianity Today, Darwin on Trial, Darwin’s Black Box, evolution, grad students, grandchildren, intelligent design, James Shreeve, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Moody Monthly, New York Times Book Review, Phillip E. Johnson, professors, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, Tampa Bay, Trinity College, University of South Florida}

Behe’s Breakthrough: Memories of Darwin’s Black Box

_{Thomas E. Woodward
August 7, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The cover artist was working on a bit of extra creativity, showing Behe playing poker with Charles Darwin, and holding the winning cards. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animal phyla, animals, bilaterian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, coprolites, digestive systems, ecosystems, Ediacaran fossils, fecal matter, Feces Theory, genes, genetic information, Gizmodo, oxygen, oxygen theory, poop, The Best of Evolutionary Theory 2026, Trends in Ecology and Evolution}

Paper Promotes “Weirdest Theory Yet” for the Cambrian Explosion

_{Casey Luskin
August 6, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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First the Oxygen Theory, now the Feces Theory. But how much experience do we really have with feces creating new genetic information? Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, Africa, apes, baboons, Benjamin Wiker, Bible, biology, Book of Nature, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, Creation or Evolution: A Catholic Dilemma, Douglas Axe, Edith Hamilton, faith and science, fundamentalists, Higher Criticism, Isaac Newton, jesus, Johannes Kepler, Kruger National Park, kudus, Louis Pasteur, Michael Behe, Michael Chabarek, Old Testament, pasta, Politicizing the Bible, Pope John Paul II, Pope Pius XII, Red Sea, Rube Goldberg, safari, Scott Hahn, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, Table Mountain, The Black Marlin, theology, Thomas Bulfinch, Undeniable (book), wild dogs, wildlife, Zimbabwe}

New Book by Chaberek, Greene Probes Evolution as a “Catholic Dilemma”

_{John Zmirak
August 5, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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I recently returned from a safari through Zimbabwe and South Africa. The high point, I’ll confess, was one wildlife encounter in particular. Read More ›