Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, African sleeping sickness, APOL1, Daniel Melamed, diseases, engineering, genes, genetic mutations, genomes, germline genome, haploid, heterozygotes, HindIII, homozygotes, Israel, malaria, MEMDS, mutation DNA, Mutation Enrichment followed by Maximum Depth Sequencing, mutation frequency, mutations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, randomness, restriction enzyme, sperm, sperm DNA, Trypanosoma brucei, University of Haifa, wild-type DNA}

Could Genetic Mutations Be Non-Random? New Evidence for Mutational Bias

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 28, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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The researchers examined the emergence of a mutation in the human APOL1 gene that confers protection from African sleeping sickness. Read More ›

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Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, Ana Silva, bioRxiv, cell cleavage, chaetae, clades, cladogenesis, common ancestor, Current Biology, deuterostomes, embryologists, evolution, larval types, Max Telford, metazoans, paleontology, phyla, pre-publication MS, segmentation, shells, spiral cleavage, spiral pattern, Spiralia, superclade, synapomorphies, taxonomic category, textbooks, University College London, Waldemar Schleip, zoology}

Giving Up on the Branching Order of Spiralia: More Findings from Max Telford’s Group

_{Science & Culture
January 27, 2026

Evolution, Zoology

3}

The open agnosticism in this new MS is a short step away from throwing in the towel entirely, at an even more radical level. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, Cambridge University, Cavendish Laboratory, DNA, faith and science, Francis Crick, history of science, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, James Watson, Latin, physicists, pleasure, Presbyterians, Psalms, scientists, Stephen Meyer, theology}

Watch: Stephen Meyer in Cambridge, at the Doors of the Cavendish Lab

_{David Klinghoffer
January 27, 2026

Faith & Science, History of Science

2}

Even these atheist scientists recognized that beauty was a marker that pointed to truth in their field, in which they too could take pleasure. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, astrophysicists, Carole Mundell, chance, extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrials, false negatives, false positives, intelligent actors, intelligent design, Live Science, media, natural law., No Free Lunch, Ohio State University, Paul Sutter, radio signals, space, space aliens, Stonehenge, The Conversation, William Dembski}

When Should Mysterious Signals from Space Be Attributed to Alien Intelligence?

_{David Coppedge
January 27, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design

4}

Intelligent design advocates agree that you don’t infer intelligence until there is sufficient reason to reject chance and natural law. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Cod, dinosaurs, Drew Gentry, endangered species, evolution, hawksbill sea turtle, humans, hypothermia, Indian Ocean, intelligent design, jellyfish, leatherback sea turtles, Mozambique Channel, reptiles, Scientific Reports, sea turtles, snapping turtle, snorkeling, Sumatra, tragedy of the commons, Turtle Conservation Technical Operating Unit, University of Alabama, zoology}

Oldest Ancestor of Modern Sea Turtles Was — A Sea Turtle

_{David Coppedge
January 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

6}

There are seven species of sea turtles in the world today, all beautifully designed and, sadly, all endangered. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, bargain, Brian Miller, circular logic, circular reasoning, dorm room, evolution, freshman, intelligent design, mathematics, MIT, proteins, Theos Theory, waiting times, YouTube channels}

Watch: Brian Miller on Evolution’s Circular Logic

_{David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Dr. Miller poignantly describes being a freshman at MIT, looking up at the ceiling of his dorm room, and making a bargain with God. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, characters, divine design, foundational truths, history, intelligent design, logic, mind, Mr. Blue, reality, red doubter, science, smart blue one, technology, The God Proofs, YouTube videos}

New God Proofs Episode: Making Logic Adorable

_{David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

2}

The series for young and old, with its two recurring characters (the smart blue one, the red doubter), develops three foundational truths. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Alan H. Guth, Alexander Vilenkin, Arvind Borde, Battle of the Big Bang, Big Bang, cosmology, designer substitute, galaxies, general relativity, gravity, hydrogen, Isaac Newton, mathematics, Michael G Strauss, mind, natural laws, Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Planck time, quantum gravity, quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation, Singularity, stars, universe}

Can Equations Serve as a Designer Substitute?

_{Eric Hedin
January 26, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

6}

To achieve “something rather than nothing” requires more than an equation, more than mathematics. Read More ›

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Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Balliol College, biologists, evolution, evolutionary biology, heresy, intelligence, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, Michael Lynch, Research, Richard Dawkins, Rumpelstiltskin, Science and Culture, William Dembski}

Oxford Conference on Evolution: Heresies and New Ideas Every Day

_{Science & Culture
January 26, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Michael Lynch, Jerry Coyne, and Richard Dawkins would have split themselves in two, like Rumpelstiltskin in a wild rage, if they had attended. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, blind processes, Darwin’s Black Box, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, sex, sexual reproduction}

Sex: A Masterpiece of Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 25, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

2}

“If any of these aspects…were different or non-existent, then sexual reproduction couldn’t take place." Read More ›