Tag: The Edge of Evolution

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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 Klinghoffer

Date
August 2, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, academia, American Geophysical Union, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, bioRxiv, Casey Luskin, Charles Thaxton, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Black Box:, evolution, George Gilder, Günter Bechly, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Isaac Newton, James A. Shapiro, John West, Michael Behe, microbiologists, National Review, nonfiction books, Onsi Fakhouri, paleontologists, quantum theory, Robert Sheldon, space plasma physics, The Edge of Evolution, The Story of Everything, Time Magazine, University of Alabama, University of Chicago, Voldemort, Your Amazing Body}

Mighty Darwin Has Struck Out: Thirty Years of Darwin’s Black Box

_{David Klinghoffer
August 2, 2026

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Most iconically of all, Behe gave us there the irreducibly complex bacterial flagellum. Right away, the flagellum hit the fan. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, atheism, Brian Miller, Brown University, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, citation bluffing, Darwin Day, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Debating Design, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, Ernst Mayr, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Guillermo Gonzalez, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Nature’s Destiny, No Free Lunch, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, Professor Dave, proteins, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

No. 2 Story of 2024: Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
December 31, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Australopithecus, biologic institute, computer simulation, coordinated mutations, Daniel Stern Cardinale, Discovery Institute, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Fossil Friday (series), generations, gradualism, Indohyus, macroevolution, Michael Behe, Michael Shermer, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, objections, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, population genetics, radiometric dating, recombination, Richard Dawkins, saltationism, The Edge of Evolution, tiktaalik, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: Three Modern Scientific Challenges to the Causal Adequacy of Darwinian Explanations

_{Günter Bechly
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology

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As a consequence of the collapsing tree problem, I suggest abandoning evolutionary classifications and return to a pre-Darwinian Linnaean classification. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, atheism, Brian Miller, Brown University, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, citation bluffing, Darwin Day, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Debating Design, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, Ernst Mayr, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Guillermo Gonzalez, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Nature’s Destiny, No Free Lunch, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, Professor Dave, proteins, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, What Darwin Didn’t Know, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
February 5, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
December 15, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, Fire-Maker, gravitational constant, Guillermo Gonzalez, initial entropy, Jay Richards, multiverse, multiverse theory, Nobel Prize, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Roger Penrose, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, William Lane Craig, YouTube videos}

More on Roger Penrose and Fine-Tuning

_{Granville Sewell
December 15, 2023

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Penrose offers as an alternative to design only that maybe some very different kind of life might be possible without the fine-tunings we see in our universe. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
December 5, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, carbon, initial entropy, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Justin Brierley, life, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, observer, planets, Return of the God Hypothesis, science fiction, stars, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, universe, William Lane Craig}

Despite Fine-Tuning, Roger Penrose Is “Agnostic” About Intelligent Design

_{Granville Sewell
December 5, 2023

Chemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The slightest changes in almost any of the basic parameters of nature would have led to a universe without stable stars or without stars at all. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, causation, common descent, Darwinism, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, John West, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Neoplatonism, principle of utility, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Edge of Evolution, The World of Life, theology}

Intelligent Design and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution — Different Yet the Same

_{Michael Flannery
November 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

6}

If any modern ID proponent fits the Wallacean model it is biologist Michael Behe. Read More ›

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Date
September 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, biophysicists, Cornelius Hunter, Darwin’s God, Dennis Venema, E. coli, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, podcast, Ray Bohlin, scientists, The Edge of Evolution, unguided evolution}

An Impressive Instance of Unguided Evolution? Not So Much

_{Science & Culture
September 2, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“There is a desire for the theory to be true in spite of the science," says Cornelius Hunter, "not because of the science.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, chloroquine, confirmation bias, crickets, Dave Farina, debates, evolution, flagellum, Google, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, malaria, Michael Behe, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, Pseudomonas fluorescens, science educators, The Edge of Evolution, Twitter, YouTube videos, YouTubers}

My “Debate” with Professor Dave

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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On Twitter, Dr. McLatchie took some time to engage in an exchange with Farina, which reflects the quality of the latter’s thinking, such as it is. Read More ›