Tag: Douglas Axe

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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
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

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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 ›

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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

19}

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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Date
July 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, BIO-Complexity, buried treasure, Conservation of Information, Douglas Axe, downhill, elevation, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fitness, flood, higher ground, hill climbing, information, local optimum, mathematics, natural selection, Nature Ecology and Evolution, optimum, protein folds, RNA sequences, Sam F. Greenbury, uphill, Winston Ewert}

New Paper: Appeals to Evolutionary Plateaus Do Not Save Evolution

_{Science & Culture
July 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

In evolution, mutations that increase fitness can be thought of as moving uphill, whereas mutations that decrease fitness can be thought of as moving downhill. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 26, 2026

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon Prime, Aristotle, Asa Gray, beauty, beauty problem, Charles Darwin, consciousness, cosmos, David Berlinski, Design Inference, documentary, Douglas Axe, flowers, Francis Crick, George MacDonald, George Steiner, Heraclitus, materialism, ocellus, Parts of Animals, peacock, peacock’s tail, peahen, planets, Richard Sternberg, Robert Sheldon, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sarah Salviander, sexual selection, solar system, stars, Stephen Meyer, Stratford Caldecott, The Descent of Man, The Flower-Angels, The Story of Everything, Timothy McGrew}

The Beauty Enigma: It “Seems to Be Reaching Out to Us”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 26, 2026

Arts, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The beauty of the cosmos and of nature generally can't be explained in materialist terms. Or more positively, they prompt an inference to design. 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
May 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, civility, combativeness, criticism, critics, David Snoke, debates, documentary, Douglas Axe, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, films, intelligent design, interviews, James Tour, Jay Richards, john lennox, Phil Halper, Richard Gunasekera, scholars, Science and Culture Today, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, Timothy McGrew, tone}

If You Think Intelligent Design Is “Combative,” You Need to See The Story of Everything

_{Casey Luskin
May 12, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Consider Stephen Meyer’s recent debate with Phil Halper over whether God is the best explanation for the origin and fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
April 27, 2026

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archival material, audience, Big Bang, Brian Keating, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Doubt, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Eric Esau, evolution, filmmakers, films, Frank Tipler, Hollywood, intelligence, intelligent design, James Tour, john lennox, materialism, Michael Behe, molecular machines, nano-technology, Nobel laureates, Peter Thiel, Poverty Inc., prizes, Return of the God Hypothesis, screener, Signature in the Cell, software, Stephen Meyer, storytelling, The Privileged Planet, The Story of Everything, thinkers, universe, William Dembski}

The Story of Everything Dazzled Me: I Wasn’t Prepared

_{Jonathan Witt
April 27, 2026

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

I’ve worked on successful documentary films, including a 2014 feature-length film that won multiple prizes; I’m not easily impressed. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
April 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, amino acids, angiogenesis, axon, axon guidance, barcode, blood vessel development, brain, brain tissue, cell behaviors, chemical gradients, chemorepellent, childbirth, cytoskeleton, DNA, Douglas Axe, evo‑devo, evolution, evolutionary development, extracellular matrix, eyes, frog, gene regulatory networks, genome, gland cell, glycoprotein, immune function, intelligent design, midbrain, midline, muscle, N‑cadherin, Nature Materials, NCAM1, nerve, nervous system, organs, PIEZO1, Science Daily, Semaphorin-3A, sensory information, sensory navigation, signaling patterns, skeletal biology, Stuart Burgess, tissue geometry, tissue stiffness, Ultimate Engineering, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition, visual signals, zygote}

Precision Design Logic Explains Neural Wiring Guidance Better than Darwinism Does

_{Howard Glicksman
April 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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This is why Darwinists can easily incorporate new discoveries into their origin narrative. It is because they never really address the true causal implications. Read More ›

footprints and a car in the snow, a car stuck in a large pile of snow

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacterial flagella, biochemists, bioinformatics, debates, demarcation criteria, DNA, Douglas Axe, falsifiability, glacial-interglacial cycles, God of the gaps, ID the Future, irreducibly complex systems, Keith Fox, Michael Behe, Peter S. Williams, philosophers, predictions, protein folds, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Tim McGrew, type III secretion system, Unbelievable?}

Debating Intelligent Design, Critic Keith Fox Is Still Stuck on Old Talking Points

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

With DNA replication, it is unclear what other systems any of the components might be co-opted from. Read More ›