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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 19, 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}

Fossil Friday: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

_{Günter Bechly
April 19, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 20, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Biola University, Israel, J.P. Moreland, Jerusalem, jesus, john lennox, Jupiter, Messiah, New Testament, Old Testament, Oxford University, Saturn, University of Cambridge}

The Christmas Star — A Sign of Design

_{Eric Hedin
December 20, 2023

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

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Part of the difficulty with arriving at a satisfactory theory for the Star stems from a compartmentalized approach. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 9, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, BBC News, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, common ancestry, Current Biology, Darwin's Doubt, Hallucigenia, Live Science, Morocco, Nature (journal), nervous system, New Scientist, Precambrian strata, Science (journal), software, spiders, Stephen Meyer, University of Cambridge}

In Resolving Darwin’s Doubt, These Cambrian Fossils Are No Help

_{David Coppedge
August 9, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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This is hierarchical organization, none of which is seen in the Precambrian layers beneath. Read More ›

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Date
June 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, Cavendish Laboratory, chemicals, clouds, evolution, exoplanets, extraterrestrial life, James Webb Space Telescope, life, life forms, planets, Research, solar system, University of Cambridge, Venus}

New Analysis Casts Doubt on Claims for Life on Venus

_{Science & Culture
June 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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The newer study agrees that the composition of Venus’s atmosphere is unusual but not that it is evidence for life. Read More ›

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Date
March 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Bristol University, engineer, Eric Anderson, fish, Great Britain, ID the Future, intelligent design, jaws, misuse, nature, University of Cambridge}

Stuart Burgess: Biology’s Designs Tutor Our Top Engineers

_{Science & Culture
March 9, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The human knee is still well ahead of what even the most advanced human engineers have managed. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 22, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cars, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, Elon Musk, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary tree, Francis Collins, Genome Research, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, historical sciences, intelligent design, junk DNA, Matti Leisola, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Meyer, Tesla, University of Cambridge}

Forbidden Question: Common Descent or Common Design?

_{Jonathan Witt
October 22, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Think of cars. A Tesla and a Cadillac share many features — but of course, none of that means that Teslas blindly evolved from Cadillacs, or vice versa. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 27, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, atheism, creator, intelligent design, materialists, mechanistic view, Neil deGrasse Tyson, personal God, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, Stephen Meyer, theism, universe, University of Cambridge}

Isaac Newton — Proto-Intelligent Design Advocate

_{David Klinghoffer
April 27, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Some atheists, like Neil deGrasse Tyson, have miscast Newton as a mechanist and a materialist, in their own image. Read More ›

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Date
April 20, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Brian Keating, creator, history, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, multiverse, quantum cosmology, Return of the God Hypothesis, solar system, Stephen Hawking, universe, University of Cambridge, USA Today}

Meyer: Quantum Cosmology, the Multiverse, and Stephen Hawking

_{Science & Culture
April 20, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences

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Newton, Kepler, and other founders of modern science were inspired to search out and find the rational order hidden in nature because they were theists. Read More ›

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Date
April 13, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Biola University, Discovery Institute, DiscoveryU, Douglas Axe, evolution, functional coherence, genetic code, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Biology, Michael Behe, molecular biology, natural selection, Neil deGrasse Tyson, population genetics, Stephen Meyer, Twitter, Undeniable (book), University of Cambridge}

Explore Intelligent Design in Molecular Biology with Douglas Axe at DiscoveryU

_{Science & Culture
April 13, 2021

Intelligent Design

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Dr. Axe devotes a lecture to scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s objection to intelligent design based on supposedly “stupid design” in nature. Read More ›

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Date
March 17, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Thaxton, Colorado School of Mines, Dallas, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, Dean Kenyon, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, England, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, geochemistry, intelligent design, Jon Buell, marriage, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Olsen, San Francisco State University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Cambridge, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Remembering Our Friend Jon Buell, Intelligent Design’s “Matchmaker”

_{Science & Culture
March 17, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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If others have been hailed as the “father of intelligent design” (Michael Behe) or the “godfather” (Phillip Johnson), then Jon Buell was the “matchmaker.” Read More ›