Tag: Oxford University

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

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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
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

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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
Terrell Clemmons

Date
April 15, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Tagged
, chemistry, cosmology, God’s Not Dead, gravity, intelligent design, john lennox, Kevin Sorbo, Leonard Mlodinow, Oxford University, philosophy, philosophy of science, physics, showtimes, Singularity, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Grand Design, theaters}

What Grand Design? On Stephen Hawking’s Loophole

_{Terrell Clemmons
April 15, 2026

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Physics

4}

In their 2010 book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow set out to answer a big question. Read More ›

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Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physics
Tagged
, biology, chemistry, comets, documentaries, Eric Esau, evidence, faith and science, fine-tuning, Fred Hoyle, galaxy, Goldilocks, Isaac Newton, movies, New York Times, Oxford University, physical laws, physical parameters, physics, planets, Return of the God Hypothesis, simulation theory, Stephen Meyer, sun, The Story of Everything, tickets, Timothy McGrew, Tulane University, UC San Diego, universe, University of Pittsburgh}

A Goldilocks Universe, Designed for Us: New Film in Theaters on April 30

_{Science & Culture
March 18, 2026

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physics

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As philosopher Timothy McGrew puts it, we live in a universe “bearing everywhere the fingerprints of its Creator.” Read More ›

Digital illustration DNA structure in blue background

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithmic control circuits, bacteria, Bill Gates, blind evolution, Casey Luskin, computer programming, conditional logic, conditional logic control circuits, Denis Noble, DNA, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary biology, glucose, intelligence, intelligent design, lactose, Oxford University, Perry Marshall, promoter, pseudocode, RNA polymerase, Third Way of Evolution}

No. 2 Story for 2025: My Conversation with Denis Noble About Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
December 31, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, bioethics, ethics, Harvard University, human exceptionalism, Humanize, moral value, Oxford University, Poland, President’s Council on Bioethics, responsibilities, UNESCO}

Robert P. George on the Reality and Importance of Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 8, 2025

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Whether or not human beings are exceptional is one of the most important questions of our age. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, biology, Casey Luskin, conversation, Dan Stern Cardinale, Darwinists, dialogue, DNA, evolution, funding, intelligent design, Kevin Laland, money, Neo-Darwinism, Oxford University, Perry Marshall, physiologists, prestige, recognition, Third Way of Evolution}

Darwinists Fear Conversations Like the One Casey Luskin Just Had with Denis Noble

_{David Klinghoffer
August 1, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

As Casey Luskin described yesterday, he had a fruitful and genial online discussion recently with Oxford University biologist and physiologist Denis Noble. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 31, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithmic control circuits, bacteria, Bill Gates, blind evolution, Casey Luskin, computer programming, conditional logic, conditional logic control circuits, Denis Noble, DNA, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary biology, glucose, intelligence, intelligent design, lactose, Oxford University, Perry Marshall, promoter, pseudocode, RNA polymerase, Third Way of Evolution}

My Conversation with Denis Noble and Perry Marshall About Evolution and Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
July 31, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, billionaires, China, environment, environmentalism, glaciers, heat, Homo sapiens, human exceptionalism, human rights, human uniqueness, humans, nature, nature rights, oceans, Oxford University, plastics, trees, United Nations}

UN Pushes Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 18, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights stated in a recent speech at Oxford University that nature rights are equivalent to human rights. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 13, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Biologist’s View, Alexander Tsiaras, Artificial Selection, birth, conception, development, duplication errors, evolution, foresight, geneticists, genotype, Giuseppe Sermonti, growth, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jean Rostand, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, natural selection, Oxford University, phenotype, Yale University}

The “Three Cardinal Problems of Biology,” Revisited

_{Granville Sewell
June 13, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In the last 70 years it was expected by many that all three of Jean Rostand's "cardinal problems of biology" would be solved without design. Read More ›