Tag: Current Biology

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Adam Rutherford, African savannah elephant, animal kingdom, BBC, bodies, cells, Chris Packham, creator, Current Biology, David Coppedge, documentary, DoorDash, elephant trunk, elephants, epistemology, Evolution (TV series), gills, Harvard University, inventor, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, lungs, mammals, Mary Droser, methodology, muscular hydrostat, musculature, mutations, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Noel Naughton, NOVA PBS, Peter Girguis, phylogenetic analysis, presuppositions, Richard Buggs, UC Riverside}

In NOVA Evolution Series, Biological Novelties “Arrive” as if Ordered from DoorDash

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2026

Biology, Evolution

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The question of how bodies are actually built remains as unclear at the end of these 54 minutes as it was at the beginning. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 27, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bending, biceps, biology, Biomimetics, brain software, chameleon, Current Biology, elephant, elephant trunk, engineering, evolution, hydrostat, intelligent design, King Jeroboam, muscles, muscular hydrostat, natural selection, Noel Naughton, octopus, octopus arm, physiology, snake, squid, triceps muscle, unbending}

Independent Origins of Muscular Hydrostats Are Another Conundrum for Evolution

_{David Coppedge
October 27, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

How does Professor Naughton explain this baffling similarity? He invokes the fallacy that a physical constraint compels natural selection to create a solution. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, antioxidant defense, ATP synthase, cellular respiration, cellular systems, chia seeds, cristae, Current Biology, day length, embryo, endosperm, Energy, evolution, evolutionarily conserved, farmers, fats, gardeners, germination, mitochondria, Noah Ditz, oxidative phosphorylation, plant evolution, plant mitochondria, proteins, proteome, repair, seeds, sugars, temperature, translocation, University of Münster, water, wildfire, wildlife, wind}

Seed Factories Come Pre-Assembled Before Sprouting Time

_{David Coppedge
October 22, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

5}

Contrary to assumptions, a seed doesn’t build up its machinery as it begins to germinate. It was already prefabricated for switching on. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 22, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, amplitude, animals, Arctic terns, barometric pressure, bats, birds, Brown University, convergent evolution, Current Biology, engineering, flapping, Flight, Flight (documentary), geese, geolocator, Illustra Media, Kenneth S. Breur, light, nocturnal migration, Olivia Pomerenck, PNAS, powered flight, predators, starlings, stars, turbulence, V formation}

Birds on the Move: Awe at the Wonders Overhead

_{David Coppedge
September 22, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

4}

Migrating birds like geese and ibises often fly in a V formation. It’s a memorable sight for birdwatchers looking up into the sky. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew Murray, antibodies, ATP synthase, bacteria, bacterial flagellar motor, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, Biophysical Journal, blood clotting cascade, cells, chemotaxis, cilium, Current Biology, Dan Tawfik, Darwin’s Black Box, David Snoke, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell division, evolutionary pathways, Harvard University, homology, injectisome, irreducibly complex systems, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macrobiological features, Michael Behe, molecular machinery, molecular machines, motility, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Heredity, Nicholas Matzke, Oxford University Press, PNAS, polar bears, protein science, proteins, Quarterly Review of Biology, Ribosome, Science (journal), T3SS, The Edge of Evolution, type three secretory system, universal common ancestor, vision, William Dembski}

Darwin’s Black Box at 30: The Evidence Wins!

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Macrobiological features have been cited as irreducibly complex, including animal joints and the trap mechanisms of carnivorous plants, even the cell itself. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, bioRxiv, Bright Angel Shale, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canadian Rockies, chelicerates, China, compound eyes, cosmos, Current Biology, Darwin's Dilemma, Douglas Axe, Ediacaran strata, fossil record, Grand Canyon, Hallucigenia, Illustra Media, Intelligent Design Collection, jellyfish, Jerry Harned, Jonathan Wells, Lad Allen, marine worms, Mark Edward Lewis, mites, Nature (journal), New York Times, olfactory organs, paleontology, Paul Nelson, PNAS, polychaetes, priapulids, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Science Advances, Science and Culture Today, scorpions, South Australia, spiders, stars, Stephen Meyer, The Origin of Species, The Privileged Planet, trilobites, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Utah}

Cambrian Explosion Remains the Gift that Keeps on Giving

_{David Coppedge
June 5, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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These representative papers show that the Cambrian Explosion remains a huge enigma for evolutionists. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ambulacrarians, ancestors, bilaterians, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cambroernids, Charnia, China, chordates, cladogram, cnidarians, crinoid, ctenophores, Current Biology, Ediacaran strata, fossils, Haootia, holdfast, Jiangchuan Biota, kelp, mackenziid, Margaretia dorus, Precambrian, Profera, Science (journal), Scientific American, The Conversation, vermiform, worms}

Science Paper Overstates Case for “Diverse Assemblage of Bilaterians” in the Ediacaran

_{Casey Luskin
April 20, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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I suspect the bilaterian nature of this “most numerous” fossil will be challenged as more studies come out. 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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Date
December 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, animals, biologists, biology, chemists, clades, Current Biology, evolution, evolutionary theory, Flock of Dodos, hydrogen, physicists, Research, science journals, University College London}

Goodbye to a Basic Clade That Has Been with Us Since 1908?

_{Science & Culture
December 16, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

1}

It is hard — okay, impossible — to keep up with the number of frankly stunning revisions of core evolutionary theory these days. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, crustaceans, Current Biology, frogs, fruit flies, homeostasis, Irreducible Complexity, life cycle, Metamorphosis, order, randomness, stability}

Homeostasis Is More than Treading Water

_{David Coppedge
July 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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From bacterium to brontosaur, stability in a dynamic environment requires an astonishing array of systems for sensing, signaling, and responding to change. Read More ›