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escherichia coli bacteria
Scott Minnich and Eric H. Anderson
December 13, 2023

Hitting the Brakes on ‘Rapid Evolution’

Scott Minnich and Eric H. Anderson
December 13, 2023
On this episode of ID The Future, host Eric Anderson concludes his Why It Matters interview with microbiologist Dr. Scott Minnich. In Part 2, Dr. Minnich critiques Lenski's famous Long Term Evolutionary Experiments. Through experiments of his own, Minnich has shown how the practical results of Lenski's project on E. coli are easily repeatable under different conditions, and how some key changes to E. coli are even reversible, both of which speak more to an organism's pre-existing capabilities than to a Darwinian explanation. This is the conclusion to a two-part interview. Read More ›
batrachotomus-dinosaur-triassic-scaled
Günter Bechly
April 23, 2022

Günter Bechly on Fossils and Common Descent, Pt 2

Günter Bechly
April 23, 2022
From the vault: German paleontologist Günter Bechly is co-author (with Stephen C. Meyer) of the chapter titled "The Fossil Record and Universal Common Ancestry" in the book Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique. Read More ›
How Evolution Uses Natural Selection
Paul Nelson and David Berlinski
May 10, 2018
Intelligent Design

How Evolution Uses Natural Selection to Build Organisms

Paul Nelson and David Berlinski
May 10, 2018
Intelligent Design
What is natural selection and how does evolution use it to build new organisms? The fundamental difficulty for any undirected process of evolution is being able to see into the future and determine what functions that organism will need to survive. An unguided process like natural selection is incapable of doing that. What natural selection and other undirected natural mechanisms cannot achieve however, an intelligent agent can. Philosopher of Biology Paul Nelson describes the amazing process by which the worm C. elegans is constructed and how it points toward intelligent design. Read More ›
Can the Theory of Evolution be Simulated through Lab Experiments?
Michael J. Behe and Scott Minnich
September 11, 2017
Intelligent Design

Can the Theory of Evolution be Simulated through Lab Experiments?

Michael J. Behe and Scott Minnich
September 11, 2017
Intelligent Design

Michigan State University biologist Richard Lenski tests evolution and random mutations acting on natural selection to determine what evolution can do. He has experimented with bacteria to see what new functions can evolve just through random mutations acting on natural selection. Biologist Michael Behe has found that there are severe limitations to getting the coordinated mutations that natural selection needs Read More ›

The spark of life, abstract fractal render for topics such as biology, evolution
Casey Luskin
February 20, 2015
Intelligent Design

The Top Ten Scientific Problems with Biological and Chemical Evolution

Casey Luskin
February 20, 2015
Intelligent Design
Is it true that there are "no weaknesses" in evolutionary theory? All one must do is examine the technical scientific literature and inquire whether there are legitimate scientific challenges to chemical and biological evolution. This article reviews some of this literature and the scientific challenges to Darwinian theory and chemical evolution therein. Read More ›
Signature in the Cell: Stephen Meyer Faces his Critics, pt. 1: The Presentation
Stephen C. Meyer
February 13, 2014
Intelligent Design

Signature in the Cell: Stephen Meyer Faces his Critics, pt. 1: The Presentation

Stephen C. Meyer
February 13, 2014
Intelligent Design

This video is part 1 of an event held at Biola University called Signature in the Cell: Stephen Meyer Faces his Critics. Dr. Stephen Meyer lectures on his book, Signature in the Cell, and the evidence for Intelligent Design from DNA and the origin of life. He first walks through the theory of natural selection and presents his downfalls. Content Read More ›