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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 Dr. … » 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 attorney … » 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

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

How the Myth of Junk DNA Hindered Science

_{Casey Luskin
May 29, 2024}

For decades, we’ve been told that only a tiny percentage of DNA is functional and that the vast majority is useless junk. Although this claim never made sense from an engineering standpoint in the first place, it served as a powerful myth to push the narrative that we’re simply the … » Go

Dr. Casey Luskin vs Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale: Is the Human Genome Largely Junk DNA?

_{Casey Luskin
May 2, 2024}

Dr. Casey Luskin, scientist and attorney with the Discovery Institute and Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale (Aka CreationMyths), biologist and professor, discuss just how much of the human genome is “junk”, if “junk” DNA really even exists, and the methodology of Discovery … » Go

How to Combat Censorship in Science

_{Denyse O'Leary
April 15, 2024}

Scientific censorship is on the rise. Governments are colluding with Big Tech to suppress unfavorable ideas. De-platforming and dismissal campaigns are all the rage. How do we prevent our society from slouching towards totalitarianism? On this ID The Future, host Casey Luskin welcomes science … » Go

A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA’s ‘Kuhnian’ Paradigm Shift

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2024}

Prevailing scientific assumptions often die hard, especially when they fit so neatly into an evolutionary view of the development of life on earth. On this episode of ID The Future from the archive, Dr. Casey Luskin gives host Andrew McDiarmid the scoop on one of the biggest mistakes in science of … » Go

The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

_{Stephen Dilley
March 20, 2024}

Does the panda’s thumb refute intelligent design? Or is it one of the most extraordinary manipulation systems in the mammalian world, as one respected study has found? On this ID The Future, host Casey Luskin speaks with philosopher Dr. Stephen Dilley about his recent paper evaluating the … » Go

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Evolution News

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 … » 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 … » 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 … » 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 … » 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 … » Go

Defending Our Literature Survey on Function for Junk DNA

_{Casey Luskin
August 7, 2024}

Our list only scratches the surface of the literature, and you can’t negate the existence of that body of literature through a few … » Go

Disease-Associated “Junk” DNA Is Evidence of Function

_{Casey Luskin
August 5, 2024}

When you mess with the “junk,” the result is problems. That doesn’t sound like junk DNA to … » Go

Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2024}

In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial … » Go

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ID the Future

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}

How the Myth of Junk DNA Hindered Science

_{Casey Luskin
May 29, 2024}

On this ID The Future, host Eric Anderson and Dr. Casey Luskin unpack the myth of junk DNA and how it has hindered the progress of … » Go

A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA’s ‘Kuhnian’ Paradigm Shift

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2024}

Two Nature Articles Call for Rethink in Biology

_{Casey Luskin
March 18, 2024}

It’s not just intelligent design theorists who are calling for a major rethink of biology and origin-of-life research. On this ID The Future, Casey Luskin speaks to host Andrew McDiarmid about two recent articles in the prestigious journal Nature that review major problems with current … » Go

The Incompatibility of Evolution and Design

_{Casey Luskin
March 6, 2024}

On this ID The Future, philosopher Stephen Dilley speaks with scientist and attorney Casey Luskin about theologian Dr. Rope Kojonen’s recent proposal on the compatibility of evolution and intelligent design. In previous episodes of this series, Dr. Luskin interviewed colleagues Brian Miller, … » Go

Casey Luskin On Junk DNA’s ‘Kuhnian Paradigm Shift’

_{Casey Luskin
January 3, 2024}

Prevailing scientific assumptions often die hard, especially when they fit so neatly into an evolutionary view of the development of life on earth. On this episode of ID The Future, Dr. Casey Luskin gives host Andrew McDiarmid an update on the paradigm shift around the concept of “junk … » Go

Luskin and Miller Share Highlights of Recent African Speaking Tour

_{Casey Luskin
October 18, 2023}

Is there interest and support for intelligent design in other countries besides the United States? As today’s interview will show, the answer to that question is a resounding yes! On this ID The Future, geologist and attorney Casey Luskin and physicist Brian Miller talk with host Andrew … » Go

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