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Casey Luskin on Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Fossil Record

_{Casey Luskin
April 9, 2025}

On this episode, Dr. Casey Luskin concludes his conversation about the basics of intelligent design with Sam Kleckley, host of the Live Life in Motion podcast. You’ll find this interview (including Part 1) particularly helpful if you are new to the science of intelligent design yourself, or … » Go

Unpacking Intelligent Design: A Beginner’s Guide with Casey Luskin

_{Casey Luskin
April 7, 2025}

How would you explain intelligent design to someone who has just recently begun looking into it? Perhaps you are new to it yourself, or you have a friend or family member who is curious. Today, Dr. Casey Luskin begins a two-part discussion of the basics of intelligent design with Sam Kleckley, … » Go

How Jonathan Wells Dismantled the Icons of Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
March 17, 2025}

On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid invites Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. Dr. Wells was one of the first fellows at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. … » Go

Chimp and Human Genomes: An Evolution Myth Unravels

_{Casey Luskin
February 28, 2025}

On today’s ID the Future from the vault, Casey Luskin continues to unravel the myths surrounding human origins, one thread of evidence at a time, in the second half of a conversation with host Eric Anderson. Luskin rebuts the popular claim that the human and chimp genomes are 98-99% similar and … » Go

A Better Explanation for Human Origins

_{Casey Luskin
February 21, 2025}

What is wrong with the standard evolutionary story of human origins? On today’s ID the Future from the archive, host Eric Anderson begins a two-part conversation with geologist Dr. Casey Luskin to discuss why evolutionary models of paleo-anthropology, genetics, and evolutionary psychology fail … » Go

How to Celebrate Darwin Day When “Modern Darwinism is Broken”

_{Casey Luskin
February 12, 2025}

Happy Darwin Day! But what’s the current status of Darwinism? And if modern Darwinism is broken, what’s the best way to commemorate Darwin’s life and achievements? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes Dr. Casey Luskin to give us answers to those questions. On … » Go

New Study Triggers Key Origin of Life Questions

_{Casey Luskin
December 2, 2024}

Did life on earth spring up early and easily through evolutionary processes? Or does the emergence of life represent another infusion of information into the biosphere that is best explained by intelligent design? On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid and Dr. Casey Luskin discuss … » Go

Casey Luskin: The Origin and Uniqueness of Humans

_{Casey Luskin
November 18, 2024}

Survive. Reproduce. Repeat. Is that all we’re here for? Some people make this claim, including noted evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins. But does it match up with the scientific evidence? On this ID The Future, we’re sharing selections from a recent talk by geologist … » Go

How to Defend Intelligent Design Like a Boss

_{Casey Luskin
October 28, 2024}

How much do you know about intelligent design? How would you define the term? And are you prepared to defend intelligent design to friends, family, or associates who may be critical of the theory? On this episode of ID The Future, Dr. Casey Luskin brings to bear decades of experience as an … » Go

Can AI Help Us Assess Neo-Darwinism?

_{Casey Luskin
July 24, 2024}

Can artificial intelligence be applied to the scientific theory of Darwinian evolution to help us evaluate its strengths and weaknesses? On this episode of ID The Future, host Casey Luskin concludes his conversation with two distinguished PhD scientists who are asking tough questions of … » Go

Can Darwinian Evolution Be Rescued From Dogma?

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2024}

If there’s anything left to salvage from the Neo-Darwinian theory of life’s origins, it must first be rescued from dogma. On this episode of ID The Future, host Casey Luskin begins a conversation with two distinguished PhD scientists who are asking tough questions of Neo-Darwinism: Olen … » Go

The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith with Dr. Casey Luskin

_{Casey Luskin and Eric Metaxas
June 28, 2024}

Scientist and attorney Casey Luskin sits down with Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas to explore these big questions: Is science objective? How did humans come into existence? How do you reconcile faith and science? Luskin is the editor of The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith and … » Go

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Evolution News

Fact Check: Did Scientists Really Detect Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b?

_{Casey Luskin
April 19, 2025}

The molecule is dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), and on Earth its sole known source is life (specifically, marine phytoplankton algae). … » Go

Help Us Mentor the Next Generation of Intelligent Design Scientists and Scholars

_{Casey Luskin
April 15, 2025}

Emily Reeves, a PhD staff scientist at Discovery Institute, has mentored an Ivy League postdoc in the field of molecular biology for the past five years. … » Go

New “Long Story Short” Video Addresses Challenges from Junk DNA Defenders

_{Casey Luskin
January 16, 2025}

Of course, die-hard evolution defenders were not going to take these major shifts in thinking about “junk DNA” sitting down. … » Go

Happy New Year! No. 1 Story of 2024: Nobel Prize for Function of “Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
January 1, 2025}

That so-called genetic junk would turn out to be functional was a prediction of intelligent design going back to the 1990s. … » Go

2024 Nobel Prize Awarded for the Discovery of Function for a Type of “Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
December 17, 2024}

That so-called genetic junk would turn out to be functional was a prediction of intelligent design going back to the 1990s. … » Go

Reader Asks: What Is Denisovan DNA?

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2024}

The “Denisovans” are kind of a fictional group from which we only have a few fragmented bone specimens. … » Go

Remembering a Colleague, Mentor, and Friend: Jonathan Wells

_{Casey Luskin
September 30, 2024}

To get ready for a research stint he shaved his beard and used hydrogen peroxide to dye his hair bleach blond to avoid being recognized. … » Go

Lee Spetner’s Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

_{Casey Luskin
August 21, 2024}

We were saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Spetner, MIT-trained physicist. Dr. Spetner was 91 years old and lived in Jerusalem. … » Go

James Shapiro: Intelligent Design “Has a Valid Point with Regard to the … Limits of Neo-Darwinism”

_{Casey Luskin
August 15, 2024}

I’m content to be grateful to Dr. Shapiro as a non-ID scientist who recognizes something ID has gotten right. … » Go

Study: Geological Habitability Parameters Imply Earth is Special and Advanced Life Extremely Rare

_{Casey Luskin
August 14, 2024}

One thing that is likely to get some pushback is the study’s claim that modern-style plate tectonics on Earth did not commence until the Neoproterozoic. … » Go

How “Junk” DNA Got Its Function: Evolutionary Tales Fail to Convince

_{Casey Luskin
August 9, 2024}

Earlier this year there was a flurry of stories about how “junk DNA” may explain why humans don’t have tails. … » Go

“That Is a Lot of Evolution”: Study Finds LUCA Required 2,600 Genes

_{Casey Luskin
August 8, 2024}

One scientist commented, “LUCA was a very complex cell, with a genome similar to modern bacteria.” … » Go

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ID the Future

Casey Luskin on Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Fossil Record

_{Casey Luskin
April 9, 2025}

Unpacking Intelligent Design: A Beginner’s Guide with Casey Luskin

_{Casey Luskin
April 7, 2025}

How Jonathan Wells Dismantled the Icons of Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
March 17, 2025}

Chimp and Human Genomes: An Evolution Myth Unravels

_{Casey Luskin
February 28, 2025}

On today’s ID the Future from the vault, Casey Luskin continues his conversation with host Eric Anderson about the myths surrounding human origins. Luskin rebuts the popular claim that the human and chimp genomes are 98-99% similar and therefore surely resulted from Darwinian common descent. He … » Go

A Better Explanation for Human Origins

_{Casey Luskin
February 21, 2025}

How to Celebrate Darwin Day When “Modern Darwinism is Broken”

_{Casey Luskin
February 12, 2025}

New Study Triggers Key Origin of Life Questions

_{Casey Luskin
December 2, 2024}

Casey Luskin: The Origin and Uniqueness of Humans

_{Casey Luskin
November 18, 2024}

How to Defend Intelligent Design Like a Boss

_{Casey Luskin
October 28, 2024}

Can AI Help Us Assess Neo-Darwinism?

_{Casey Luskin
July 24, 2024}

Can Darwinian Evolution Be Rescued From Dogma?

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2024}

Casey Luskin Reflects on His Recent Junk DNA Debate

_{Casey Luskin
June 12, 2024}

For decades we were told that non-coding regions of our DNA are littered with evolutionary junk. But in recent years, numerous discoveries have revealed that function is the rule, not the exception, in the genome. On this episode of ID The Future, Casey Luskin reflects with host Jonathan McLatchie … » Go

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