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Casey Luskin: How the ID Movement Has Flourished Since the Dover Trial

Casey Luskin: ID Over After Dover? Not Even Close

When Engineering Meets Biology: More From Our Scientist Roundtable

Scientist Roundtable: Examples of Intelligent Design in the Human Body

Casey Luskin: Theistic Evolution and the Limits of Neo-Darwinism

Did God Use Evolution to Produce Life? Why Theistic Evolution Fails

Dealing with Some Further Objections
The video Proof of God in 3 Minutes states that “there really is no serious scientific argument against” (2:27) the conclusion that a violation of the conservation of energy at the beginning of the universe requires a “supernatural starting cause” (1:19). Note the important … » Go

Why Evolutionary Psychology Can’t Explain Heroism

Which Origins Theory Better Explains Altruism and Morality?

How to Respond to Common Criticisms of Intelligent Design

Casey Luskin on the Core Concepts of Intelligent Design
Science and Culture Today

Like It Never Happened: Yunxian Skulls Reassigned Based on Evolution, Not Data
As Günter Bechly used to wryly observe, human evolution is a subject that is constantly being “rewritten,” often accompanied by much media fanfare.
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Paper Defends Spoken Language in Homo erectus
The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size.
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Fascinating Hypothesis from Weinstein: Repetitive “Junk” DNA Stores Integer Variables
This opens up a world of potential functions for repetitive DNA that open-minded scientists can consider.
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New Study: ERVs, Once Proclaimed as Ultimate Genetic “Junk,” Are Vital for Development
Endogenous retroviruses were at one time iconic for evolution activists. The debate has progressed a lot since then.
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Supposed Fusion Site Contains Expressed Genes, Likely Influences Neural Development
Human chromosomal fusion has often been cited as strong evidence supporting human-ape common ancestry. It’s not.
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Teeth, Jawbones, and Vertebrae Fuel Overblown Media Claims of a “Missing Link”
So we’re talking about fossils that are very humanlike, if not essentially completely human.
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“Competition and Politics” Complicate Debate Over Sahelanthropus tchadensis
It seemed like lots of people wanted to forget about the femur, because years went by and nothing was published about the bone.
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New Paper Fails to Settle Debate Over Bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Many have called this fossil a human ancestor that lived at about 7 million years ago, around the time of our supposed most recent common ancestor with chimps.
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New Paper Has Bad News for Popular “Oxygen Theory” of the Cambrian Explosion
The technical paper acknowledges that this level of oxygenation, if sustained, would indeed “challenge the view” that oxygen was a trigger for animal evolution.
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Happy New Year! No. 1 Story for 2025: Bombshell Overturns Myth of 1 Percent Difference
This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery.
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No. 2 Story for 2025: My Conversation with Denis Noble About Intelligent Design
In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems?
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 3, “Intelligent Design Has No Peer-Reviewed Publications”
Unfortunately, Judge Jones got this simple question exactly wrong, giving life to a myth. This alone speaks volumes about his ruling.
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Casey Luskin on the Rising Tide of Intelligent Design Research
Any scientific theory for the origin of life and the universe is only as strong as its research program. For intelligent design, this is good news. On today’s ID The Future, Dr. Casey Luskin describes the current growth and scientific maturity of the Intelligent Design (ID) movement. … » Go

Casey Luskin: How the ID Movement Has Flourished Since the Dover Trial
Was the modern intelligent design (ID) movement “over after Dover,” as many ID critics hoped it would be? Quite the opposite. In the last two decades ID has flourished as a scientific research program and continues to gain momentum in both academia and the public square. On … » Go

Casey Luskin: ID Over After Dover? Not Even Close
Over After Dover. That was the hopeful mantra of many critics of intelligent design (ID) after the Kitzmiller vs. Dover trial in 2005. They were hoping a federal judge could issue a decree from on high that would stop the ID movement cold in its tracks and neo-Darwinism could go back to being … » Go

When Engineering Meets Biology: More From Our Scientist Roundtable

Scientist Roundtable: Examples of Intelligent Design in the Human Body
It’s easy to be blown away by the examples of engineering prowess in the human body. But it can be challenging to turn that evidence into a robust argument for intelligent design you can share with skeptical friends and colleagues. To help you learn to do that, host Andrew McDiarmid begins … » Go

Casey Luskin: Theistic Evolution and the Limits of Neo-Darwinism
Did God use evolution to create life? On this ID The Future, we’re sharing the second half of a recent conversation with Dr. Casey Luskin that originally aired on the Truthful Hope podcast. Casey is critiquing theistic evolution, the view that God used evolutionary mechanisms to create life. … » Go

Did God Use Evolution to Produce Life? Why Theistic Evolution Fails
Some people attempt to reconcile belief in God with the standard evolutionary account of life’s origins by combining the two. Theistic evolution is the view that God used evolutionary mechanisms to create life. But does this view stand up to scrutiny? Today, Dr. Casey Luskin critiques this … » Go

Why Evolutionary Psychology Can’t Explain Heroism
If evolutionary psychology explains every complex human behavior as well as its opposite, does it really explain anything? Today, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with geologist and attorney Dr. Casey Luskin about which scientific theory of origins best explains human altruism, … » Go

Which Origins Theory Better Explains Altruism and Morality?
Do evolutionary models adequately account for the reality of human altruism, moral conviction, and cooperation? Does intelligent design offer a better explanation? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins discussing these questions and more with geologist and attorney Casey Luskin. … » Go

How to Respond to Common Criticisms of Intelligent Design
God of the gaps. Lucy as human ancestor. Co-option to explain away irreducible complexity. Perhaps you’ve heard some of the most common objections to intelligent design, but do you know how to adequately respond to them? On today’s ID The Future, geologist and lawyer Casey Luskin … » Go

Casey Luskin on the Core Concepts of Intelligent Design
Sometimes, it’s good to go back to the basics. Whether you’re brand new to intelligent design or you’re looking for a way to share the basics with a friend or family member, we’ve got you covered today. On this ID The Future, enjoy the first half of a discussion with geologist and … » Go

Casey Luskin Calls on the Smithsonian to Get It Right on Human Origins
The Smithsonian Institution has recently been called out by the Trump Administration for pushing “one-sided, divisive political narratives.” But American history isn’t the only domain in which the Smithsonian is advancing misinformation. The National Museum of Natural History’s … » Go