Tag: biology

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Date
August 14, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __featured2, abrupt change, Albert Einstein, anatomical gap, anatomy, ape-like creatures, biological beginning, biological history, biology, Casey Luskin, contradictionss, Ella Al-Shamahi, evidence, gradualism, Homo erectus, human evolution, human origins, Lucy, Matthew Haber, New Scientist, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, philosophers, rainbows, Science and Human Origins, Science Uprising, syllogism, universal common descent, University of Utah}

Study of Biological Origins Is Entering a Surreal State

_{Science & Culture
August 14, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

3}

No biological history and no biological beginning: are you seeing the trend? Both seem to be responses to being battered by the evidence. 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

2}

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 ›

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, 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

10}

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, 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

7}

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

13}

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

6}

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
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

4}

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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post

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

8}

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 ›

Bacterial Flagellar Motor Proton-Driven Rotary Nanomachine

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Author
George Montañez

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Big Bangs, biology, bioRxiv, Casey Luskin, computational biologists, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinian processes, dough, evolutionary change, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Last Bacterial Common Ancestor, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Behe, Nature Reviews Microbiology, type III secretion system, Wikipedia, William Dembski, yeast}

Mighty and Meek: Behe’s Great Work at Age 30

_{George Montañez
August 5, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

The sheer amount of research that has gone into trying to find alternative explanations to what Behe has proposed is mind-boggling. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, Caenorhabditis elegans, Chlamydomonasuse, cilium, Darwin's Black Box, electron micrograph, evolution, flagellum, Gaia Pigino, intelligent design, intraflagellar transport, Irreducible Complexity, Kirsty Wan, Ludek Stepanek, Michael Behe, microalgae, mousetrap, organelles, oscillators, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pronk, Science (journal), springbok, University of Cambridge}

Galloping Flagella and Cilia Railroads — Celebrating Darwin’s Black Box

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

These organelles, protruding from the cell into the environment, could not be built by a Darwinian mechanism. Read More ›