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Researchers Are Stalled in Understanding the Origin of Human Language

_{Denyse O'Leary
December 8, 2024
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What’s revealing in these types of studies is not what the researchers find but what the science media choose to make of them

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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

John Bloom on the Match that Lit the Scientific Revolution

_{John Bloom
December 6, 2024
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On today’s ID the Future out of the vault, Biola University physicist John Bloom discusses his chapter in The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, an anthology co-edited by host Casey Luskin. Bloom argues that while the Babylonians and Greeks contributed some discoveries and insights that would eventually play into the rise of science, science did not take off, was not born, until a cluster of crucial ideas drawn from the Judeo-Christian worldview infused Western thought. Only then did astrology become astronomy, alchemy become chemistry, and the great adventure of scientific discovery begin in earnest.

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.