Tag: microbiology

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assembly, bacteria, basal disk, Campylobacter jejuni, domain swapping, evolution, fact check, flagellar system, flagellum, folding, headlines, Imperial College London, intelligent design, mathematical plausibility, microbiology, Morgan Beeby, PflC proteins, propellers, proteases, proteins, swimming, transitions, undirected processes}

Fact Check: Has a Study Shown “How Bacteria Evolved Powered-Up Propellers”?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 17, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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This is a classic case of the media overstating the evidence for some evolutionary claim. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, agnostics, blood, capillaries, cells, Charles Tanford, circulation, criminology, earth, elements, endothermy, evaporation, extraterrestrial intelligence, fitness, fluids, gas, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, liquid, microbiology, oxygen, skin, solid, solvents, temperature, The Wonder of Water, tissues, viscosity, water}

In the Case of Water, an Inference to Intelligent Design Is Independent of Any Religious Claim

_{Michael Denton
July 24, 2024

Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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In this article I will explain why, as someone who is agnostic about many religious claims, I find the inference to intelligent design impossible to refuse. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 6, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, education, environmental fitness, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Ireland, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Danaher, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, motives, Phillip E. Johnson, prior probability, probability theory, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, University of Galway, William A. Dembski}

Are Proponents of ID Religiously Motivated, and Does It Matter?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 6, 2024

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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If Danaher wants to scrutinize the religious motives of ID proponents, we have to consider what such a line of attack would do to evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Eric Anderson, evolution, high school students, ID the Future, intelligent design, microbiology, microorganisms, mutations, natural selection, podcast, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Why It Matters}

A Microbiologist’s Journey to Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Scott Minnich shares how he first learned about ID, met philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer, and eventually became involved in a well-known documentary. Read More ›

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Date
April 27, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, blood-clotting system, bullets, cable TV, Cal Covert, Center for Science and Culture, college, Darwinism, Global Positioning System, intelligent design, John West, Lehigh University, Marvel Studios, Michael Behe, microbiology, satellite TV, Secrets of the Cell, Silver Ridge Productions, students, superheroes, YouTube videos}

Bacteria: The Superheroes of the Microbial World

_{Evolution News
April 27, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Learn all about these heroes of the microscopic world — and how they provide compelling evidence for intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 4, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, cell membranes, chemical evolution, conflicting requirements, design constraint, evolution, first cell, homeostasis, intelligent design, Long Story Short, materialists, microbiology, protocells, protons}

Origin of Life: The Problem of Cell Membranes

_{David Klinghoffer
April 4, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Origin of Life

2}

Wow, the new Long Story Short video is out now, and I think it’s the best one yet — it’s amazingly clear and quite funny. Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves?, Billions of Missing Links, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinists, Geoffrey Simmons, ID the Future, microbiology, podcast, University of Illinois, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

The Making of a Darwin-Dissenting Doctor

_{Evolution News
February 22, 2021

Biology, Medicine

1}

Casey Luskin interviews Center for Science & Culture Fellow and physician Geoffrey Simmons on what led him from card-carrying Darwinist to Darwin-skeptic. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, biologists, cells, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, intelligent design, Lehigh University, materialists, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, peer review, Secrets of the Cell with Michael Behe, social media, video}

Darwin Day Is Here! Discover the Cell’s Secrets with Michael Behe

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2020

Intelligent Design

3}

Today, for the birthday of Charles Darwin, celebrated around the world as Darwin Day, Discovery Institute is proud to launch a new, five-part video series. Read More ›

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Author
Otangelo Grasso

Date
October 28, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Aarhus University, Carl Zimmer, Darwinian evolution, electrons, microbiology, nanowires, New Scientist, New York Times, oxygen, pili, respiration, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of Virginia}

Electroactive Bacteria: A “Mind-Blowing” Case of Intelligent Design

_{Otangelo Grasso
October 28, 2019

Intelligent Design

8}

Somehow, G. sulfurreducens “know” how to assemble molecules in their pili in an exact sequential and functional order. Read More ›

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Date
December 25, 2017

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian theory, evolution, genomics, Gerd B. Müller, heliocentrism, Interface Focus, Isaac Newton, Michael Behe, microbiology, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, physiology, population genetics, Royal Society, science, The Edge of Evolution}

#8 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Theorist Concedes, Evolution “Avoids” Questions

_{Evolution News
December 25, 2017

Ecology, Evolution

7}

To maintain at this point that “All Is Well” with evolution you have to be in a state of serious denial. Read More ›