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More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence

_{Denyse O'Leary
December 5, 2024
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Human Origins}

This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for.

Video

The Robot Repairmen Inside You (Secrets of the Cell, Ep. 9)

Science Professor Canceled by Atheists Because He Exposed Students to Evidence of Intelligent Design: Eric Hedin; October 7, 2024; Intelligent Design

Human Zoos: Socrates in the Studio with Dr. John West: Eric Metaxas; August 6, 2024; Intelligent Design

Michael Egnor: The Evidence against Materialism – Science Uprising Expert Interviews: Michael Egnor; July 31, 2024; Intelligent Design

The Magician’s Twin, with David Berlinski, Stephen Meyer, and James Orr: Stephen C. Meyer; July 17, 2024; Intelligent Design

ID the Future

The Universal Optimal Design of Vertebrate Limbs

_{Stuart Burgess
December 4, 2024
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When we look at feats of human engineering, like vehicles, skyscrapers, and computers, we don't doubt our intuition that they're intelligently designed. But when it comes to marvels of the natural world, like bird wings, whale flippers, and our own arms and legs, we're expected to suspend our design intuition and credit a gradual, undirected evolutionary process. Bio-engineer Dr. Stuart Burgess has been studying vertebrate limbs for over thirty years. On this episode of ID The Future, Burgess shares his cutting-edge insights on the universal optimal design of vertebrate limb patterns and the implications for fields like robotics.

New Study Triggers Key Origin of Life Questions

_{Casey Luskin
December 2, 2024
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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 the implications of a recent study on the last universal common ancestor, also known as LUCA. They explore the nature of LUCA as a hypothetical organism, its complexity, and the challenges it poses to evolutionary theory. The conversation also touches on the media's portrayal of scientific findings and the problems associated with molecular clock techniques used to date LUCA. Ultimately, they highlight the rapid emergence of complex life on Earth and the implications for origin of life theories.

John West in Turin, Italy: Intelligent Design’s Roots and Fruit

_{John G. West
November 29, 2024
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Every Friday we repost a gem from our archive of hundreds of episodes. Today’s pick from the vault takes us to a conference in Turin, Italy, where scholar John West speaks about the roots of intelligent design, roots that stretch back to ancient Greek and Roman philosophers. In his talk, West also makes the case that design thinking was crucial to the rise of modern science, and he traces how Darwinism has eroded design thinking, fueled scientific racism, and undermined belief in human exceptionalism.