Category: Life Sciences | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

Glittering dna helix with golden particles in a biotech concept

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acetyl tags, biochemical functionality, BioEssays, biological codes, Biological Theory, biology, code, control, convergence, DNA, ENCODE project, evolution, First Things, Forrest Mims, Francis Collins, genes, Genome Biology and Evolution, Human Genome Project, information, information compression, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, methyl tags, Michael Levin, mind, ontogenetic information, paradigm shift, phylogenetic signal, phylogenomic conflict, Platonism, random mutations, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), science stopper, Simon Conway Morris, Taking Stock at 30 (series), Third Way of Evolution, Tufts University, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Thirty Years of Intelligent Design Predicting the Unexpected Genome

_{Casey Luskin
August 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Jonathan Wells’s review was important, but it only scratches the surface of information in biology outside of the DNA. 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, Taking Stock at 30 (series), 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
, 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
, 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
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, biochemistry, C. H. Waddington, calculus, Christopher Hitchens, complexity, Daniel Dennett, Darwin’s Black Box, E. O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene Wigner, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Joseph Woodger, M.-P. Schützenberger, mechanism, Michael Behe, Michael Polanyi, Michael Ruse, Neo-Darwinism, Nicolas Rashevsky, Richard Dawkins, Robert Rosen, scientific materialism, UC Berkeley, UCSF, UT MD Anderson}

Restoring Our Vision: Michael Behe and Darwin’s Black Box

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 6, 2026

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

4}

What has always stirred me with a deep set of conflicting emotions is his reference to the “elephant in the room.” Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, ancestral population, cecal valve, Christoph Adami, Darwinian processes, Darwinists, digestive process, environment, environmental triggers, epigenetic marker, epigenetics, evolution, genetic mutation, heads, information, information theory, intestine, islands, jaws, lizards, Podarcis melisellensis, Podarcis siculus, species, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolution of Biological Information: Lizards and a “New” Organ

_{Winston Ewert
August 5, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

3}

The first experiment that Christoph Adami discusses is one where scientists transported lizards from one island to another. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, back, biology, bipedal spine, butterfly stroke, chemistry, constraints, dancing, data storage, diseases, DNA, engineering, ESA, evolution, flexing, foot, genetic faults, gymnastics, human body, imperfect design, imperfection, intelligent design, joints, jumping, lifting heavy loads, Lucy Hyde, NASA, pain, Panasonic, physics, pregnancy, primates, Psalms, quadrupedal spine, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Scientific American, spine, swimming, synovial fluid lubrication systems, technology, theology, twisting, Ultimate Engineering, walking}

A Level Above: The Superiority of the Design Approach

_{Terrell Clemmons
August 3, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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"According to evolution, biology should be a level below human technology because evolution is constrained." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 2, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, American Geophysical Union, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, bioRxiv, Casey Luskin, Charles Thaxton, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Black Box:, evolution, George Gilder, Günter Bechly, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Isaac Newton, James A. Shapiro, John West, Michael Behe, microbiologists, National Review, nonfiction books, Onsi Fakhouri, paleontologists, quantum theory, Robert Sheldon, space plasma physics, The Edge of Evolution, The Story of Everything, Time Magazine, University of Alabama, University of Chicago, Voldemort, Your Amazing Body}

Mighty Darwin Has Struck Out: Thirty Years of Darwin’s Black Box

_{David Klinghoffer
August 2, 2026

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Most iconically of all, Behe gave us there the irreducibly complex bacterial flagellum. Right away, the flagellum hit the fan. 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 ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 30, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academics, anatomy, bad design, biology, biomechanics, bipedalism, circular thinking, contradictions, devolution, divine design, engineers, evolution, human ancestry, human body, human foot, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, locomotion, Lucy Hyde, mammals, musculoskeletal system, Nathan Lents, prosthetic device, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Smithsonian Institution, theology, tinkering, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, worldview}

Darwin Devolves (Again): Circular Thinking and the Debilitating Assumptions

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 30, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"There is a reason why evolutionists focus on the human body as a prime example of bad design." Read More ›