Tag: Charles Darwin

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
January 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bats, birds, birth canal, carbon dioxide, caves, Charles Darwin, DNA, eggs, evolution, fish, flipping, forme frust, genetics, giraffes, hanging, horses, intelligent design, Keep It Simple Sailor, mammals, neo-Darwinists, New York Post, nutrients, organs, oxygen, porcupines, quills, red blood cells, singing, skunks, The God Proofs, waste products, wings, young people}

Doctor’s Diary: Have We Overlooked Common Sense?

_{Geoffrey Simmons
January 20, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Take bats, for example. Many types eat upside down, yet they flip to eliminate wastes. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 18, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Black Box, egg, engineering, evolution, evolutionary theory, fertilization, forethought, goal, human reproduction, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, natural selection, podcast, purpose, seminal fluid, sexual reproduction, sperm, sperm capacitation}

Sexual Reproduction: Engineered for Success

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 18, 2026

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I continue a three-part discussion with Dr. Jonathan McLatchie on why sex is the queen of problems for evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 13, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, building blocks, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, chemical evolution, decomposition, Edward Peltzer, homochirality, hydrolysis, ID the Future, James Tour, meteorites, organic chemistry, origin of life, origin-of-life research, racemic mixtures, tar}

Expert: Without Intelligence, Organic Chemistry Leads to Degradation, Not Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 13, 2026

Chemistry, Origin of Life

2}

While amino acids can be produced in experiments or found on meteorites, they are often consumed by side reactions that create non-living tar. Read More ›

Sperm and egg cell. Natural fertilization. 3d illustration on red background

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 11, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, cell division, Charles Darwin, complexity, engineering, evolution, evolutionary theory, flagellum, forethought, head, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, middle piece, podcast, regulation, resources, sex, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Sex: A Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 11, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Sexual reproduction is a seeming waste of resources producing little or no short-term advantages. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, boogeyman, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, democracy, disciplines, Elay Shech, evidence, experts, Follow the Experts, Housing First, ID the Future, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Choe, lockdowns, New York Times, philosophy of science, pseudoscience, reasoning, reliability, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific method, Seattle, Signature in the Cell, skepticism, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, trust}

Experts, Non-Experts, and the Wrong Experts

_{David Klinghoffer
January 7, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Philosopher of science Elay Shech gives RFK Jr. grief for a statement back in August that “Science is always evolving.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 29, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambridge, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, England, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germans, Germany, Günter Bechly, human origins, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, intimidation, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Jonathan Wells, Pacific Ocean, paleontology, Paul Nelson, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), Richard Sternberg, State Museum of Natural History, Stephen Meyer, Stuttgart, Theistic Evolution (book)}

No. 4 Story for 2025: Farewell to Günter Bechly

_{David Klinghoffer
December 29, 2025

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 27, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, assassination, atheists, Bible, C. S. Lewis, care, Charles Darwin, Charlie Kirk, Christianity, Christians, colleges, creation, Donald Trump, Eric Metaxas, evolution, faith and science, Friday night, historical reliability, intelligence, intelligent design, Israel, Jews, love, martyr, Massachusetts, mind, nature, Pennsylvania, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sabbath, Scripture, Shabbat, special revelation, Stephen Meyer, theism, universe, Utah}

No. 6 Story for 2025: When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 27, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antony Flew, Barbara Forrest, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Cicero, creationism, creator, David dewolf, Edwards v. Aguillard, Eugenie Scott, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, F. C. S. Schiller, Fred Hoyle, intelligent agent, intelligent causes, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John E. Jones, John Haught, John West, Jonathan Witt, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, molecular machines, New York Times, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, scientific method, Scott Minnich, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski, William Paley}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

_{Casey Luskin
December 15, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, Alan of, Alfred Russel Wallace, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Bernard Silvestris, Charles Darwin, Charlotte Brontë, cosmology, Darwinism, Edward Pusey, Geoffrey Chaucer, George Levine, Jane Eyre, Jean de Meun, Lamarckism, maternal figure, Mother Nature, Natura, Natura creatrix, natural preservation, natural selection, natural theology, Ovid, Physis, Queens of the Wild, Robert J. Richards, Romance of the Rose, Ronald Hutton, teleology, world spirit}

Destroyer or Nurturer? Darwin’s Divinized Conception of Nature

_{Neil Thomas
November 24, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Historical Sciences

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The powers of natural selection transcend human intelligence to such a degree that Darwin came close to imputing to it the capacity for intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Historical Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, Aspidella, Ausia, Ausia fenestrata, Australia, California, Cambrian Explosion, certainty, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Death Valley, debates, ecology, Ediacaran biota, fossils, Günter Bechly, GUT, metazoans, muscles, Nama Group, Namibia, nervous system, organs, peacock, Petalonamae, Pteridinium, Rangeomorpha, sea squirt, Simon Conway Morris, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, suspension feeders, taphonomy, urochordate}

Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2025

Historical Sciences, Paleontology

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Simon Conway Morris described the Ediacaran ecology as a “sleepy” world of simple, passive creatures bearing no resemblance to what was to come. Read More ›