Tag: University of Cambridge

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, astrobiologists, atmosphere, building blocks, Casey Luskin, chemical reactions, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (comet), comet theory, comets, David Coppedge, early Earth, get out of jail free card, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, intelligent direction, life, Lord Kelvin, Mars, materialists, Monopoly (game), organic molecules, origin of life, panspermia, Richard Anslow, Svante Arrhenius, undirected panspermia, University of Cambridge, William Dembski}

Say Goodbye to This Origin-of-Life “Get Out of Jail Free Card”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It’s good to be able to reflect that proponents of intelligent design have been saying things like this for years. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 25, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, archaeology, Darwinian evolution, Emma Pomeroy, fossil record, H. G. Wells, hominins, Homo neanderthalensis, human mind, humans, intelligence, M. Gemma Chacón, National Geographic, Neanderthals, Neanderthals Among Us, Nicholas St. Fleur, paleontology, Peter Sahlins, savages, scapula, Scientific American, shoulder blade, Theodore Roosevelt, University of Cambridge, Venus of Hohle Fels, wooden tools}

Teddy Roosevelt Erred on Those “Thick-Skulled Savages,” the Neanderthals

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 25, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

5}

Just recently, paleontologists have found Neanderthal wooden tools (62-40 kya) preserved in stone. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, C. W. Howell, Designer Science, discourse, Duke University, fabrication, fabulists, funeral pyre, Jason Arday, Jennifer Hammer, Joan Didion, Lehigh University, media, Michael Behe, New York University Press, publishers, race, Retraction Watch, science journals, Townhall, University of Cambridge, Vikings}

Academic Fabrication: Is the Case of Designer Science an Isolated One?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 2, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

"There are tales readily believed by scholars, 'in order to live' — because the ideological campus discourse is beyond question." Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, Caenorhabditis elegans, Chlamydomonasuse, cilium, Darwin's Black Box, electron micrograph, evolution, flagellum, Gaia Pigino, intelligent design, intraflagellar transport, Irreducible Complexity, Kirsty Wan, Ludek Stepanek, Michael Behe, microalgae, mousetrap, organelles, oscillators, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pronk, Science (journal), springbok, University of Cambridge}

Galloping Flagella and Cilia Railroads — Celebrating Darwin’s Black Box

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

These organelles, protruding from the cell into the environment, could not be built by a Darwinian mechanism. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 1, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Allan Sandage, Angelika Film Center, astronomy, audience, Bijan Nemati, creator, Dean Kenyon, Design Inference, design theorists, documentary, geophysicists, inference to the best explanation, materialism, New York Times, physicists, physics, premiere, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rotary Club, scientific arguments, scientific reasoning, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theaters, theism, universe, University of Cambridge, William Dembski}

Dispatch from Dallas: Documentary Premieres Where It All Started

_{Jonathan Witt
May 1, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

There is something fitting, even story-like, about Meyer's presence at the Dallas premiere. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cancer, cells, Darwinism, DNA, electron transport chain, evolution, Immune System, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nucleic Acids Research, organelles, proteins, reactive oxygen species, topoisomerase, University of Cambridge}

With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 24, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, "Out of Africa", Africans, bioRxiv, Current Biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, introgression, Nature (journal), Nature Genetics, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel laureates, non-Africans, paleontology, PNAS, population size, Science (journal), scientific community, Svante Pääbo, University of Cambridge}

No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

_{Günter Bechly
December 24, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

5}

The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, acorn worms, algorithms, anus, bilaterian animals, Early Cambrian, echinoderms, Fossil Friday (series), New York Times, ResearchGate, synapomorphies, synapomorphy, The Guardian, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge}

Fossil Friday: Say Hello to Our Microscopic Granddaddy?

_{Günter Bechly
December 13, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

9}

What we do know is that it is definitely not our earliest ancestor. Another overhyped missing link bites the dust. Read More ›

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Author
Martin Hilbert

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Baltic amber, Cambrian Explosion, cladistics, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Ludwig van Beethoven, On the Origin of Species, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Meyer, Tree of Life, University of Cambridge, University of Oklahoma}

Life’s History and the “Ode to Joy”

_{Fr. Martin Hilbert, C.O.
December 2, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

13}

The history of life can perhaps be likened to a collection of different musical themes. In Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the four beginning notes are the theme. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Cell (journal), cell membrane, embryo, Evolution News, father, glycolysis, mother, newborn, oxygen, placenta, potassium, sodium, Steve Laufmann, The Scientist, University of Cambridge, uterus, Your Designed Body, zygote}

Let’s Think About a Zygote Like an Engineer

_{Howard Glicksman
June 27, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Actually, life is a series of millions of hard problems that have to be solved all the time, or else. Read More ›