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Jonathan Wells Battles Darwin’s Zombie Finches

_{Jonathan Wells
April 1, 2022}

On this ID The Future from the vault, Zombie Science author and biologist Jonathan Wells dissects some recent hype over Darwin’s finches, an icon of evolution that just won’t stay buried.

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Jonathan Wells: Human Evolution, Darwinism, Fossils

_{Jonathan Wells
October 20, 2021}

In this brief bonus interview released as part of the Science Uprising series, biologist Jonathan Wells discusses science, Darwinism, the fossil record, Lucy, and how the media cover fossil finds.

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Science Uprising 08: Human Evolution

_{Jonathan Wells, Casey Luskin and The Center for Science and Culture
October 13, 2021}

Are we “modified monkeys”? Or does nature suggest we are something truly unique? How solid is the fossil evidence for human evolution? Explore this explosive topic in Episode 8 of the Science Uprising series with featured guests biologist Jonathan Wells and geologist Casey Luskin. Wells … » Go

Evolution ID and the Coronavirus : Jonathan Wells Explains – ID The Future Podcast

_{Jonathan Wells
May 7, 2020}

On this episode of ID the Future, biologist and Discovery Institute senior fellow Jonathan Wells tackles questions of evolution and intelligent design as they relate to the novel coronavirus SARS CoV-2. Is it the product of evolution, in the sense of Darwin’s Origin of Species? Wells argues to … » Go

Evolution, ID, and the Coronavirus: Jonathan Wells Explains

_{Jonathan Wells
April 14, 2020}

Coronavirus, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

_{Jonathan Wells
March 30, 2020}

Many people have been wondering about the relevance of intelligent design (ID) or evolution to the new coronavirus reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. What follows is my view as a molecular biologist. The new virus goes by several names. It was initially called 2019-nCoV by the World … » Go

The Mystery of Life’s Origin

_{Walter Bradley, Jonathan Wells, Guillermo Gonzalez, Brian Miller, James Tour, David Klinghoffer, Charles Thaxton and Roger L. Olsen
January 27, 2020}

The origin of life from non-life remains one of the most enduring mysteries of modern science. The Mystery of Life’s Origin: The Continuing Controversy investigates how close scientists are to solving that mystery and explores what we are learning about the origin of life from current … » Go

Zombie Science: Darwin’s Theory Feeds on Raw Materialism

_{Jonathan Wells
May 16, 2018}

Most of us think of science as the enterprise of seeking truth by formulating hypotheses and testing them against the evidence. This is empirical science. … » Go

Disinherit the Wind

_{Jonathan Wells and John G. West
September 4, 2017}

“INTENSE AND COMPELLING… extremely well acted… superbly written… and brilliantly directed.” –Ron Irwin, Santa Monica Observer and LA Post Examiner “FASCINATING… a splendid cast.” –Neal Weaver, Stage Raw Join Center for Science and Culture (CSC) Senior … » Go

Zombie Science: Jonathan Wells on Overselling Darwin’s Tree of Life

_{Jonathan Wells
June 16, 2017}

All of life may be related as Darwin hypothesized, or it may not. Certainly, though, the science behind the evolutionary tree of life has been vastly oversold. Author of Zombie Science: More Icons of Evolution, biologist Jonathan Wells explains in a new video conversation why that is so. For more … » Go

Do Killer Whales Destroy Darwin’s Theory Of Evolution? A Biologist Answers

_{Jonathan Wells
June 6, 2017}

Did whales evolve from land animals? SPECIAL OFFER: Get a free book chapter by biologist Jonathan Wells that critically examines the evidence for whale evolution. Get it here: https://www.discovery.org/whale In his book Zombie Science: More Icons of Evolution, biologist Jonathan Wells … » Go

Jonathan Wells, Author of Zombie Science: Fossil Finds Only Confuse Human Origins

_{Jonathan Wells
May 23, 2017}

In a video conversation, Discovery Institute biologist Jonathan Wells puts hype about fossil “ancestors” and “missing links” in perspective. His latest book, Zombie Science, documents a new set of evolutionary icons, of which human descent from apelike animals is one of the foremost … » Go

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Science and Culture Today

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

_{Jonathan Wells
May 16, 2023}

Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.”

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Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 15, 2023}

Good empirical science searches for explanations that fit the evidence. But another kind of “science” is committed to telling stories about unguided evolution.

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Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words

_{Jonathan Wells
October 14, 2022}

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument.

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Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

_{Jonathan Wells
October 13, 2022}

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions.

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Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

_{Jonathan Wells
October 12, 2022}

A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory.

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Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

_{Jonathan Wells
October 11, 2022}

Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.”

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Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 10, 2022}

What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence.

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Assessing Denis Noble’s (Non-ID) Critique of Darwinism

_{Jonathan Wells
August 16, 2022}

No matter what we do to the DNA of a fruit fly embryo, there are only three possible outcomes: a normal fruit fly, a defective fruit fly, or a dead fruit fly.

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Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

_{Jonathan Wells
May 31, 2022}

At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species.

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Is the Human Shoulder Badly Designed?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 13, 2022}

Watch an acrobat performing on the parallel bars. Or a baseball player pitching a fastball. Or an athlete swimming the butterfly.

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Darwin’s One Wrong Argument

_{Jonathan Wells
February 18, 2022}

Fom the standpoint of empirical science, continued claims that the evidence for evolution is “incontrovertible” might be better termed one long bluff.

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ID the Future

Jonathan Wells Evaluates Darwinian Evolution in New Online Course

_{Jonathan Wells
June 12, 2023}

How strong is the evidence for Darwinian evolution? What are the limits of the Darwinian mechanism? How should concepts like evolution and science best be defined? On this episode of ID The Future, we bring to you the first three video lectures from a new online course by molecular and cell … » Go

Jonathan Wells On Intelligent Design and Scientific Revolutions

_{Jonathan Wells
May 5, 2023}

Today’s ID The Future coincides with the release of a new online course from biologist Dr. Jonathan Wells on the evidence for and against Darwinian evolution. On this blast from the past from 2006, Casey Luskin interviews Wells about evolution, intelligent design, scientific revolutions … » Go

Jonathan Wells Battles Darwin’s Zombie Finches

_{Jonathan Wells
April 1, 2022}

On this ID The Future from the vault, Zombie Science author and biologist Jonathan Wells dissects some recent hype over Darwin’s finches, an icon of evolution that just won’t stay buried. Seventeen years after Wells’ book Icons of Evolution, a thorn in the side of Darwinists, Darwin’s … » Go

A New Flaw in the Miller-Urey Experiment, and a Few Old

_{Jonathan Wells
January 5, 2022}

On today’s ID the Future, biologist Jonathan Wells and host Eric Anderson discuss a recently discovered problem with the famous Miller-Urey experiment, long ballyhooed in biology textbooks as dramatic experimental evidence for the naturalistic origin of life. The newly uncovered problem involves … » Go

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 13, 2021}

Today’s ID the Future spotlights The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, and specifically, an essay in the new anthology by biologist Jonathan Wells, “Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?” As Wells and host Casey Luskin note, the essay title alludes to philosopher of science Thomas … » Go

Jonathan Wells and The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Pt. 1

_{Jonathan Wells
October 6, 2021}

Today’s ID the Future spotlights a new book, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith: Exploring the Ultimate Questions about Life and the Cosmos, and specifically a chapter by biologist Jonathan Wells titled “What are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?” Wells is the guest, and … » Go

Biologist Jonathan Wells Offers a Cure for Zombie Science

_{Jonathan Wells
October 4, 2021}

On this ID the Future, Zombie Science author and biologist Jonathan Wells and host Andrew McDiarmid explore the seductive but misleading appeal to consensus science. This is when someone makes a bandwagon appeal to support a scientific hypothesis rather than offering evidence and arguments—as … » Go

Jonathan Wells Dives into “the Genome’s Uncharted Territories”

_{Jonathan Wells
August 25, 2021}

On this ID the Future, Icons of Evolution author Jonathan Wells sat down with host and fellow biologist Ray Bohlin at the August 2021 Insiders’ Briefing near Seattle to discuss some fresh discoveries into the workings of the human genome detailed in a recent article in the journal Axios, … » Go

JONATHAN WELLS: BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION BEYOND DNA, PT. 4

_{Jonathan Wells
July 2, 2021}

On this ID the Future from the vault, biologist Jonathan Wells rounds out his discussion with host Casey Luskin about his journal article “Membrane Patterns Carry Ontogenetic Information That Is Specified Independently of DNA.” In the first three episodes in this series, Dr. Wells showed that … » Go

JONATHAN WELLS: BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION BEYOND DNA, PT. 3

_{Jonathan Wells
June 25, 2021}

On this classic ID the Future, hear more from biologist Jonathan Wells on his journal article “Membrane Patterns Carry Ontogenetic Information That Is Specified Independently of DNA.” Dr. Wells explains how biological information is carried in the form of a bioelectric code, and how it differs … » Go

Jonathan Wells: Biological Information Beyond DNA, Pt. 2

_{Jonathan Wells
June 18, 2021}

On this episode of ID the Future from the vault, biologist and CSC senior fellow Jonathan Wells continues his conversation with Casey Luskin about Wells’ peer-reviewed article, “Membrane Patterns Carry Ontogenetic Information That Is Specified Independently of DNA.” Listen in as Dr. … » Go

Jonathan Wells: Biological Information Beyond DNA, Pt. 1

_{Jonathan Wells
June 11, 2021}

On this classic ID the Future, Casey Luskin talks with Jonathan Wells about his article, “Membrane Patterns Carry Ontogenetic Information That Is Specified Independently of DNA.” In this first of a series of interviews, Dr. Wells gives an overview of his article, explaining why DNA information … » Go

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