Tag: University College London

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 7, 2026

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architecture, art galleries, arts, beauty, behavior, biomaxxing, Bryan Johnson, chromatin, concert halls, culture, DNA, eating, environment, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, exercise, genes, gym, histones, literature, longevity, memory, Michael Denton, museums, music, neurocognitive capacity, Samantha Boardman, stress, Thomas P. Gills, Thomas Woodward, University College London, Wall Street Journal}

Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

_{Peter Biles
August 7, 2026

Arts, Intelligent Design

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Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal embryos, Cambrian fossils, coelacanth, common ancestor, common ancestry, common characters, common descent, convergent evolution, Darwin's Finches, embryonic stage, environmental pressures, Ernst Haeckel, evolutionary predictions, Galápagos finches, geological time, ginkgo trees, horseshoe crabs, hummingbirds, Linnaeus, living fossils, Max Telford, molecular clock, morphology, Nautilus, nightjars, penguins, South Africa, stasis, swallows, swifts, The Tree of Life, The Tree of Life (book), Tree of Life, tuatara, University College London, Wollemi pine}

In Stories from Max Telford’s New Book, Failed Predictions of Common Descent

_{Emily Reeves
March 10, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Well-documented examples of organisms show remarkable stasis over hundreds of millions of years. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acid, Barbie, beauty, Carl Linnaeus, Carol Kaesuk Yoon, classification, coelacanth, CRISPR, Dogs, evolutionary biology, genealogical ancestry, genes, genetics, goldfish, kangaroos, koalas, marsupial, Matchbox cars, Max Telford, nucleotides, phylogenetics, quolls, Tasmanian wolf, taxonomy, The Tree of Life (book), thylacine, Tim Ingold, Tindell Hopwood, trading cards, University College London}

On Tree of Life, Max Telford Misses the Design Possibility

_{Emily Reeves
March 9, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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I’ll be reviewing the book topically, beginning with the beauty and importance of classification and ending with the implications of belief in the tree of life. 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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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
January 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Benjamin Kidd, Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Christians, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Darwinists, Europe, Flora Lugard, Frederick Lugard, Fulani, Galton Chair of Eugenics, Great Britain, Islam, John West, Karl Pearson, livestock, Lord Salisbury, Nazi Germany, New Testament, Nigeria, Nigerians, Northern Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racisim, Scripture, Sir Charles Eliot, Social Darwinism, United States, University College London, William MacGregor, Yoruba}

The Nigerian Experiment: Social Darwinism in Practice

_{Amanda Witt
January 21, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the late 19th century, Great Britain, the United States, and twelve European nations got together and divided Africa up among themselves. 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
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological information, Bret Weinstein, Casey Luskin, Darwin Day, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary mechanism, ID the Future, intelligent design, Joana Xavier, mutations, natural selection, podcast, scientists, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience, University College London}

Celebrate Darwin Day, and Darwin’s Broken Theory!

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein summed up this way: “[In my opinion,] the mainstream Darwinists are telling a kind of lie about how much we know." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, baboons, mirror, Namibia, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, self-awareness, University College London}

Wild Baboons Fail the Mirror Self-Awareness Test

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 31, 2025

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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In a video, it seems clear that not one of the animals recognizes that the figure in the mirror is a reflection of itself. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 28, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Ecology
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", anesthesia, astrobiology, Biomimetics, blood, blood vessels, circulation, coacervates, conservation, genes, George Washington Carver, heart, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Johannes Kepler, Leslie Orgel, memory, methodological naturalism, Michael Faraday, mRNA vaccines, Murchison meteorite, Nick Lane, paradigm shift, Paul Nelson, proteins, reverse-engineering, RNA world, Robert Boyle, Robert Shapiro, scientific revolution, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, Systems Biology, University College London, veins, William Harvey}

From Nature, a Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

_{David Coppedge
February 28, 2024

Biochemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science

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The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, consciousness, Durham University, Europe, human origins, humans, hunter-gatherers, Ice Age, Live Science, Neanderthals, paleontology, University College London}

Possible Cave “Proto-Writing” Challenges Slow Evolution of Human Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 10, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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London-based wood carving conservator Ben Bacon has, with academic colleagues, shaken up Ice Age paleontology. Read More ›